Another Quilt made with a Quarter Square Triangle Block Variation.

Here is the other quilt I made using the quarter square triangle variation blocks I made at this years New Year's Day quilt party. It's the quilt the four of us designed together that I showed in the process in my post on January 11, 2018.

We thought it looked like streamers!  So appropriate for a New Year's Day Quilt!

Here are some photos of the back, a flannel with woodland animals, and the quilting mostly a leaf motif and straight lines.  There are also a few flowers in the quilting (not shown below) that look a bit like the flowers printed the background material seen on the right side below.

I really enjoy sitting in my upstairs workroom quilting on these January days. The white and blue grey light from the snow outside is so lovely.  I wish the screen wasn't visible in this photo, but it was about 5 degrees F. the day I snapped the picture--opening the window wasn't an option!!

Quilting on a January day

I have 4 blocks left!  A big pillow cover is in the works!!  A stack of blocks sewed together in a few hours on New Years Day has kept me busy quilting all month!

Quilt Design Using a Variatrion of the Quarter Square Block

As promised last week, here's one of the two quilts I designed using the blocks from a New Year's Day Mystery quilt which I didn't end up making.

This is the second of the two quilts I made. I had a stack of blocks left over after completing the first quilt (to be shown at a later date) so had to come up with a design with what I had. It took a while to get the design balanced but I really like the end result!

This quilt has all the fabrics I had put together as a collection.  They have probably been in my stash for at least 5 years. At the time, I'd just made a quilt using similar colors and didn't choose to make another like it then. But I've always liked the fabrics.

The quilt backing is another vintage stash fabric--a very soft fabric, grey with little white polka dots. Altogether a very satisfying project!

The breeze conveniently flipped over an edge to reveal the backing.  Note the snow drift in front of the fence!!

Y-Quilt Blocks Made at a Fun New Year's Day Sewing Party

Note to web searchers: This post is about Y blocks, a Quarter Square triangle block variation. This is not about Y seams. That's a completely different topic.

It's become a tradition for a group of us to get together on New Year's Day to sew. Each of us makes our own quilt but we use same quilt pattern. Truth be told, we do as much chatting and eating as we do sewing!!  It's a fun day! I highly recommend it!

Sometimes I design project and sometimes we choose one from the internet. This year we chose the Merry Mayhem NYD Mystery.

At least that's what we started to do!  Of the 3 of us sewing together, none of us ended up using the final quilt layout! One friend, who was sewing at home but came over to chat, ended up using using the design but turned it 90 degrees. So much for following directions!! The major blocks in the project were Y blocks, a Quarter Square Triangle Variation, shown above.

I loved the blocks made in these fabrics.  Once I saw them I decided not to go further with the Mystery Quilt directions. I wasn't sure what I was going to use as for layout, but I knew these blocks would work well together.

I ended up designing 2 very different quilt tops with my blocks. The 4 of us worked out the layouts for one of the quilts at the New Year's Day party and the other I created on my design wall.

Here's a sneak peak from the party!

Thinking about possible layouts using the Y blocks

I'm just finishing both quilts up and will post them over the next couple weeks.

In the meantime, here's a link to a tutorial on Craftsy.com for making Quarter Square triangle blocks so you can make some for yourself.  How to Sew a Perfect Quarter Square Triangle.

The Quarter Square Triangle block and it's variations are very versatile and can create lots of exciting patterns. So much fun!