![]() These little plastic clips are great for hold the binding in place while you sew it on. Sew the binding to the back of the quilt by hand with a hidden whip stitch. Match and seam the binding where it meets and finish sewing the binding all the way around. Miter the corners by sewing to the end of a side, folding the binding over and then sewing down the next side. Sew binding to the front of the quilt, using 1/4″ seam. Sew all strips together, press, fold in half lengthwise and press again. We quilted it with a simple looped scallop design, so it wouldn’t detract from the overall pattern.Ĭut binding 2 1/4″ wide, and angle the ends at 60 degrees. Here it is on our long-arm quilting machine. Leave a 1/4″ amount past the triangle points to be covered by binding. When all rows are sewn together, trim each side to remove the extra triangle bits along the edge. We did 14 rows for this oversize baby quilt. Sew the rows together, matching triangle points carefully until you reach the desired size. For this size of quilt, we used 18 triangles per row. Continue sewing triangles together in rows. We did more of a random placement, while trying to used the same amount of each color. Clip the extra fabric off at the points to reduce some of the bulk at seam intersections.īefore you get too many sewn together, decide whether you want to plan out your pattern in advance or let it happen randomly. Using 1/4″ seam allowance, sew along one side from point to point. To sew these together, lay two triangles side by side with the points going opposite directions, or long sides facing. When all of your triangles are cut, stack them up and admire your work– they will look something like this. ![]() each side of the triangle should measure the same. Then, cut each strip into 60 degree equilateral triangles i.e. This pattern takes on a completely different–and really cool– look when done with scraps.Ĭut each fabric into 5″ strips (this is a baby quilt, so we used four 5″ strips from each color). The first thing you will want to do is choose your color palette–we used 5 different fabrics, gray, gold polka dots, and 3 shades of coral. 5/8 yard of five fabrics for the triangles In our do-it-yourself version, we used four solids in varying shades paired with a metallic gold polka dot. It was inspired by a quilt spotted in a pricey boutique. For another new baby coming into our family, we made this peachy triangle baby quilt.
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