“Arrowheads” Quilt is Done

This pic does not do this quilt justice. It is such a fun, fun and handsome quilt. I have loved every minute of making it–using the Hurty ruler by Latifah Saafir.

Part of the creative fun for me was changing directions of the block in an orderly manner. When you put both sides together (left cut and right cut) you get an “arrowhead.” Thus the name. If you look at the upper right block, you can see one. I then had these “arrowheads” travel down the quilt on a diagonal that ends on the loser left. It is subtle–and I love subtle patterns.

This quilt is the FIRST in what will be a series using the half-rectangle triangle.

This pic shows truer colors and better sense of the size of the block:

I quilted with a pale grey and used the same Nemesh’s Feather-Grande panto that I later used in the second quilt in this series, “Diamonds,” which came off the longarm yesterday, was trimmed, and which get its binding installed this morning. (It too is a wonderful quilt.) The backing is a great low-volume wideback from the Hawthorne Supply Company–and due to the “quiet” print, the grey thread works well.

Here’s a close-up of the “Arrowhead.”

Here’s a good look at the texture from the panto–and of my beautiful blocks.

I can’t wait to show you “Diamonds” when the binding is done. I do sew bindings by hand.

And today we may get some rain!