Function is always a #1 priority when I’m quilting. He should be able to jump and play with this quilt and it will not suffer any ill effects. I think it’s sturdy enough for a very active 4-year old to have on his bed. It seems forever that I’ve been working on this one, but I am pleased with it. This quilt has been finished more than a week, but the photos are just now ready. In EQ, I add a quarter inch sashing around each block to get the layout image. The second image is the EQ layout drawing. The first image is the EQ drawing of the quilt. And thanks to my AccuQuilt cutter, the entire set of 256 red and 256 black triangles can be cut in less than half an hour.
Have been saving black and red batiks for a couple of years from my monthly batik packs from Batiks, etc., so the fabric is already in my stash. I don’t know when I will get this made, but I’m going to start making triangles as leaders and enders and see what happens. But it also will be nice as a bold accent piece in a neutral room. I think this quilt could be good in different color schemes, even in light ocean blues and tans. I like seeing the parallelograms with this coloring. I tried reversing the color scheme, but really didn’t like it. If the triangles are 4 inches finished, the quilt will finish at almost 70 inches (depending on border/binding), and if the triangles are 3 inches finished, the quilt will finish at almost 50 inches (depending on border/binding). Then I started rotating triangles, one at a time, until I came up with something I liked. I set up a horizontal layout 16 blocks x 16 blocks and set a single half square triangle into each block. Sitting at my computer over the weekend, I started playing with half square triangles. All I can say is “it must be an addiction of some sort.” After being away from the machine and real quilting for awhile, I am absolutely itching to make some half square triangles. One of the best things about Electric Quilt software is that it lets you quilt whether or not you can sit at the machine and stitch.
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