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Another yard sale find-triangles

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khowardquilts
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Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by khowardquilts » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:11 pm

I found the triangles for this quilt at a neighbor's yard sale. Her great aunt had worked on this quilt. Some of the triangles were already sewn into bigger triangles. Some of the triangles were cut very well and some I had to re-cut, they seem to be at least three different batches of triangles. It is tied and is owned by my in-laws.

I probably wouldn't have tackled this quilt if the triangles hadn't been already cut. I don't like to waste anything. I made a small Kalediscope quilt with the leftover pieces. I don't have a digital photo of that.


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MastiffMomQlt
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by MastiffMomQlt » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:15 pm

What a treasure! You did a fantastic job on this. I love how you've set it, very creative. Have you shown your neighbor what you've done with it? Thanks for posting.
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MAWmum
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by MAWmum » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:18 pm

That is beautiful!
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khowardquilts
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by khowardquilts » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:20 pm

Yes, my neighbor saw it when she came for a visit. It was then that I found out that her great aunt had worked on it. That made it more special.

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Leetec
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by Leetec » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:21 pm

Wow, it's beautiful!
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cindyg
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by cindyg » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:30 pm

WOW - your quilt is very pretty. Looks like lots and lots of work.
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khowardquilts
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by khowardquilts » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:39 pm

It was a lot of work and I didn't get all the triangles to line up. Some of those even show in the photo. They are tricky. I started it the same year that I did a Storm-at-Sea quilt; that was harder to quilt.
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sadiedaisy1
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by sadiedaisy1 » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:35 pm

You did a super job! It came out wonderful!
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kenderosa
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by kenderosa » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:51 pm

That is great scrappy look! How cool to know some of the history behind the pieces!

Sue
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luv_2quilt60
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Re: Another yard sale find-triangles

Post by luv_2quilt60 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:15 am

very pretty.........
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