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Sunday, January 24, 2016

First Finish in 2016


Winter has finally come full blast with lots of snow. The blue light in the short days of winter is a good backdrop for my Color Me Happy quilt, all in a cold palette.

The quilt is made from a stack of 40 so-called Turnovers, or triangles. I can understand why this pre-cut has not gained any widespread popularity, since I had this stack in my shelves for a couple of years before I got inspired to use it.


I added solid stripes of 1 1/2" width in a contrasting color in between the triangles, sewed it together and squared it up to 10". Then I cut 10" squares in grey, light blue and white. I love the colors, they fit so well together!

The arrangement of the blocks are kind of random, and I like the way the contrasting stripes makes a kind of zig-zag path across the quilt.


I have not photo-shopped the pictures, because I like the natural light an overcast day has in the middle of a snow filled winter. An indoor shot of the quilt and more quilting details can be found in this post.


I used a leftover piece of Britten Nummer (from Ikea) for the back. This quilt will be donated to the children's ward of my local hospital, and I like that the children can learn to count in English when they use the quilt.

This is my 11th charity quilt for the hospital. I hope it will bring some comfort to a sick child.


Here the quilt is spread out on a huge pile of snow outside my house. I can hardly imagine that there was no snow here two weeks ago!


The snow was nice and dry, so after the photo shoot I just just gave the quilt a nice shake, and all the snow came off.

The quilt will be washed and dried before it is donated.

This is my first finish for the 2016 Finish-A-Long. My original goal list is here.

2016 FAL


This is also my first finish of a UFO in 2016. I had the stack of triangles for approximately two years until I got the courage to make something out of it. It is never too late!

Keep on quilting!

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14 comments:

  1. Gorgeous quilt and pictures on a snowy day. Love that this will be a charity quilt and loved by someone at the hospital!

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  2. Very different. Nice colors, and I'm sure someone will really enjoy it. It pays to be daring.

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  3. what a super quilt loving the design here shows how a simple triangle can be made into something outstanding. Lots of snow you have had hope it does not stay too long and the temperature rises to thaw it

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  4. Very nice. I really like the addition of the stripes in there.

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  5. Nice finish, someone is going to be very happy to have that quilt.

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  6. Visiting from Sew Cute Tuesday. Congratulations on a nice finish, and for charity too! You must be proud. I really like the black stripe you added between the triangles. They give the quilt an extra punch!

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  7. I love this! It's so bold and graphic and a great choice for those precuts!

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  8. Congratulations on your first finish of the year! This is such a happy quilt and will surely cheer up the child who receives it. Love that backing!

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  9. I really like the addition of the stripes - adds a lot of interest to the quilt.

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  10. What a cool and modern finish! It will be a warm quilty hug for a child in need of one.

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  11. Great modern quilt. And a great idea to put the solid line in between.

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  12. What a great way to use the turnovers! I love this quilt. Thanks for sharing it.

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  13. Wow I barely recognise it from your list! You have transformed it into a truly stunning quilt! Thank you for linking your list and for participating in the FAL, on behalf of the 2016 global FAL hosts

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