wanna tri? - making the top

Once you are happy with your layout it's time to sew the triangles together. For the "random" layout I decided to sew them into diagonal rows, then sections.

I found it useful to chain-piece the diagonal rows. First into pairs, then into foursome, then eight...

The dog ears works as a guide when you place your triangles together. No need to pin until you sew the rows together.   ; )







































Picture shows sections of 4 triangles being chain pieced into a diagonal row.

Before I sew two rows together I finger-press the seams open and give the row a little steam press with the iron.

When sewing the rows together I choose to pin at intersections seam and between them. The dog ears are helpful in lining it all up.

I finger-press and steam the seam when I have sewn two rows together. Then join the rows into sections. Starting from lower right corner I made a section of 4 rows. Starting from upper left corner, I made another section of 4 rows.

Picture shows how I sew the top together in sections. Three rows in the middle are not pieced together yet. 

Pressing with steam after sewing two rows together.

Seam ripper showing the scale of these 8" equilateral triangles. 

A few patches are turned backside up on purpose. This gives you a "bleached out" variation of a light print.

So, that's it! I hope you have a good idea of how to make your own Wanna tri? quilt, someday...

Wish you all a great week!