Twirling Dervish

This is about half the Twirling Triangles flimsy. Because sewing blocks on a severe curve like some of these distorts them a bit, I had to trim them down to 4.5" x 6" to get them "square" (four 90 degree corners), which reduces the effect of the curve somewhat. The seam allowance also contributes.

You can see it most clearly in the untrimmed (and unsewn) blocks on the left compared to the trimmed and sewn blocks on the right.  Had I known I would have made the original blocks larger, but hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles (or shall I say, that's the way the triangles twirl...)

This is probably NOT the last time I'll play with triangles like this.

And yeah, this quilt will need another horizontal row to make up the difference. Here in New England, where winters get as cold as minus 20 F (-29 C) outside, a "lap quilt" won't cut it on cold nights. I make all my "couch" quilts at least 72" long for that reason.

Experimenting

Like Wanda and Julie, I also received Sujata's book in the mail recently.

And since I've got most of my Thanksgiving prep done, I decided to do a little experimenting.

Until now I've never done any work with curves, not even this "gentle" kind that are amazingly easy to do. Oh boy, I'm gonna have to eat my words. I LIKE these. I can see lots of these in my future.

Yep, I'm gonna have a lot of fun this weekend.

And OH! See that lovely blue leaves fabric? I am in LOVE with that fabric and bought yardage in five or six colorways. And do you see that I have CUT INTO it?  Yes, that is what you are supposed to do with fabric. USE IT!

It's only fabric, it isn't gold, and it isn't doing you any good sitting in your stash!

Happy Thanksgiving!