Prior to the past few days, I really liked making Half Square Triangles. But then I met the wonderful Schnibbles pattern I.S.T.H. Little tiny HSTs that you have to trim to 2 " square. There were a total of 108. Sorry this is blurry, but this is what they looked like after trimming:
And here they are after the first chain stitching go round.
The wonderful Singer you see is a loan from a friend who does not sew. It fits into my Mom's cabinet and sews the most wonderful 1/4" seam using the edge of the foot.
Tomorrow I hope to make the 9 stars with all of these units. Then I need to fit them with the background fabric. I had a very hard time with choosing fabric for this one. The fabric I eventually chose was what was left from a Connecting Threads kit I won. I will use the rest of the leftovers for the borders. The pattern calls for little tiny squares in a checkerboard, but I am going to do something different and less time consuming.
One more picture - a glimpse of part of the Modern Mini I am making for the Modern Mini Challenge at Ellison Lane Quilts - you can see the button on the left side of my blog. I have no idea what I am really doing, but I thought it would be fun to try something different. I have several of these strips made, and it is the way I am going to combine them that I hope will make the quilt a "Modern" mini. :)
Any guesses on what I.S.T.H. stands for? Those that know - please wait to comment or put something different as your 'guess'. I want to have fun with this.
Blessed Sewing, Karen
wow Karen lots of work there,it will look great when you are finished.xx
ReplyDeletewell done ....I have 144 half triangles to make ...can I send them to you? lol
ReplyDeleteI happen to like to play with HSTs, but I modified the i.s.t.h. pattern considerably. It's your quilt, so enjoy your own process.
ReplyDeleteThis month's Schnibble is a lot of work isn't it? I have to say its really not my favourite to work on, but I really like the look of it. It's funny how a lot of quilters are mentioning having a hard time choosing fabric for the background. It took me a while too and I'm still not sure I love what I ended up with.
ReplyDeleteGolly those are tiny! I'm watching what you have planned for them. Especially those for the modern mini. I really like those! Now, let's see, i.s.t.h. hmmm, no clue but I see a hint up there that it's a pattern. And still can't come up with anything. So how about inchy square triangles hallelujah! ..cause that's what I'd be saying if I ever got as far with them as you have!
ReplyDeleteI know it took a long time to trim those puppies up! I have the background and setting triangle fabric down, but not sure what to do with the rest! Hope I finish in time.
ReplyDeleteNice looking machine. Do you know what model Singer it is? ( I collect vintage machines).
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