400 Triangles Sewn Together ... Baby Love quilt

Well, Well, Well, I'm back. I didn't feel like I had enough time, or was doing enough projects to make this worthwhile. Now, I have a whole backlogs of things I've done, so I am going to give it another go. I really enjoy blogging, and really feel I need to focus on things I like doing, for a break from everything. Life as a working mom of 2 gets stressful... So here I am!

I have been quilting a lot. I still only do baby quilts... I always want to move on to the next project, so I keep them small. And seriously, Wikipedia (thats a legit source right??! ... sorry every professor I have ever had) says that quilts are traditionally made to commemorate a birth (and other stuff.. blah blah)... so there! This quilt is not the last one I made... but, it is the favourite one I have ever made.

I found this tutorial at Must Love Quilts. I had it sitting on my pinterest board for a long time, but my silly friends never found out the gender of their babies! I knew I wanted pinks, so this was not going to be a gender neutral quilt. FINALLY, a friend from church, who lives down the road told me she was having a baby girl (her 3rd BTW), and I knew this would be for her.

 

 

On "Must love Quilts" one of the ideas was sort of ombre looking and this was my original inspiration. I was a little intimidated by the idea of cutting out over 400 triangles and I spent a few hours pondering some shortcut to do this. I realized there probably wasn't one and decided to just get going. After picking out my fabrics, I started cutting out my triangles. When I had a bunch ready, I decided to lie them out to get an idea how it may look. 

 

 

 

At this point I wasn't convinced. It never looks like I am picturing in my head, and I started to get discouraged. So, I impatiently sewed my quilt together in chunks, in no particular order, in the hopes of seeing what it may look like. 

This hodgepodge of strips finally started getting finished, and as I was hanging them in rows on my wall (which Hubby does not appreciate, having pins in our walls) I was starting to like it.

 

 

Now, a few weeks after little Ella was born, I was almost done. She was actually born in February, very close to Valentines Day, so I knew this was perfect!!

 

I love the backing fabric, I had bought it on a whim, knowing I wanted to use it as backing at some point!





 And Done! I am working on taking better pictures of my quilts. After working so hard, I want to have a record of all these things I have made!!

 

 

There are so many variations of this quilt you could make! I know this is definitely not my last equilateral triangle quilt! It was time consuming, but I love it!!