New quilters are usually encouraged to begin piecing with simple squares and rectangles. Those straight edges and right angles go together simply. But we’ve been around the block a few times here in the Buzz, our office quilting bee. We’ve tried our hands at circles and X’s, as well as improvisational piecing, fusible appliqué, and foundation piecing.
After all this, I thought the group was ready to tackle triangles….but I don’t want picture-perfect half-square triangles or flying geese. I want to see each one of my colleague’s personality come through in their quilt blocks.
And I love this quilt:
Wednesday Night Races by Cheryl Arkison
featured in the chapter ‘Define Modern’ of the book Sunday Morning Quilts. I have been following the blog of Cheryl’s co-author, Amanda Jean Nyberg, since I started quilting. Coming to work at C&T, I am exposed to even more amazing modern quilters and watching their books develop is just one of the fringe benefits of my job!
You won’t find the instructions for this exact quilt in the book, but you will find a not-as-scrappy version called ‘Nap Like an Egyptian’. I have plenty of scraps, but I don’t want to deplete my scrap stash of any one color, so I decided to make a rainbow version of this quilt:
Nap Like an Egyptian by Cheryl Arkison
I spent an evening sorting through my scraps, making piles on the living room floor in all the hues of the rainbow, and then some (I added in brown and black). I worked through all my various white and white-on-white scraps, and even had to cut more. It’s nice to feel like I’m making a dent in my scraps AND my stash all in one project (fabric-aholics, you know what I mean!)
I asked the Buzzers to each make me 5 equilateral triangles so I could make my own version of ‘Nap Like an Egyptian’. One of the best features of this book, in my opinion, is the ‘Make It Yours’ section at the end of each project. When a book is all about scraps, no one is ever going to be able to make the exact same project.
This is where my version stands so far, and I am loving it!
Blocks on my design, err, that is, cube wall
Love your triangles! And you’ve made me see the dreaded cubicle wall in a whole new light!
Oooh!! I hadn’t seen those wonky triangles before! I think it’s going to look really cool, and I can’t wait to see it finished.
I hope you get to write a FINISHED post when you’re done. 
Love ‘em. I’ll have to try some! Good lookin’ design wall, I mean cubicle wall!
This is the last thing I needed to see this morning…….
I have 3 quilt tops that MUST be completed today and headed out the door….so….now all I can think about is creating one of these fun quirky triangle quilts.
Discipline. I must be disciplined…..
Now I know what I will be working on tonight!
Oh my gosh, Beulah, that happens to me *all* the time! (Even more so since I look at quilts all day at work.) I have enough quilts to make to last me a lifetime- that’s why it’s good to get other folks to help you try out all your ideas!