Triangles in the stash! …

Robyn R

The never-ending stash revealed a box with a pile of pre-sewn triangles from strip pieced fabric. Had a label ‘On the Double’. Evidence of another ‘what was I thinking?’

No notes were in the tub to remind me of what it was meant to be, but they seemed to be stacked in groups of four so there must have been a plan at some stage. The label sent me looking through the bookshelves for a clue - found it!

‘Quilts on the Double’ by Judy Hooworth and Margaret Rolfe (yes, we have it in our Library)  

Unfortunately, when looking through the book I couldn’t remember which pattern it was supposed to be, and there wasn’t enough of them for any of the patterns. As there were no other fabrics in the box to give a clue I thought ‘what the heck’ and just sewed them together in blocks. Spent a frustrating couple of days on the floor moving them around to come up with a small quilt top - but they refused to play nicely together, no matter which way placed! Kept getting two leftover triangles (different each time), that were out of place. Finally decided on a layout and have called it ‘Odd One Out’.

Oh no! Flipping back through the book, it twigged there were two patterns it could have meant to be! I had been trying to make it look like a picture in the Gallery, instead, it was a pattern - I just sewed the blocks wrong way round!

Which lesson should it be - finish the top when you start it, or, make sure the label has better notes for later? What do you think?

Stay safe, keep on stitching.

Robyn