Triangle Tuesday

When May came to visit a few weeks ago, she very kindly brought me this awesome Oakshott stack.  I've fondled, and drooled, and thought, and today I decided to cut into it

I pressed all the fabrics, trimmed them, and cut them into a 2.5 inch strip and a 6 inch strip

The 6 inch strips then got cut into 6 inch triangles

(just look at those yummy colours)



















and the triangles got sewn into strips and the strips got sewn onto a fleece blanket, and this is what I have

 

I  now have a shopping list for some more Oakshott for a border, and I have the 2.5inch strips to join to make a scrappy binding

I wanted to blitz through this one as I know I don't like HSTs and I wasn't sure that triangles would be much better, but I knew I wanted to use this fabric as triangles - I was worried that if I put it to one side I may never come back to it.  

The verdict?  I LOVE the top because of the colours, I'm really pleased that I went with triangles, although I know that plenty of points don't match (darned bias edges) and I strongly suspect there wont be many more triangle quilts in my future!