Triangle Quilt Along - Time to Sew

It's week three of the Triangle Quilt Along, hosted by the Sassy Quilter and time to start sewing!  I spent yesterday at a Sit & Sew day with some ladies from my local quilt guild and took advantage of the time (and excessive amounts of floor space) to lay out my blocks.

When I first pulled my fabrics for this quilt I thought I'd go with a random color layout.  When I posted my picture to the Flickr pool someone suggested doing a gradient, from one color to the next and I was like "yeah, that could be kind of cool."  So I tried it.

I started with a blend of my greens and yellows in the middle then slowly radiating out into orange, pink, and finally purple on the outside.  And I love it!

One of the ladies at the Sit & Sew said it reminded her of rainbow sherbet.  I have to say, I kind of agree!

I was able to get all of my rows laid out - 19 in total with 24 pieces per row.  I might add a few more blocks to the width of the strips to square it out but that really depends on how I feel about the dimensions once I get all my rows sewn together.

The sewing was so much easier than I was expecting too.  I was so pleasantly surprised! They went quick once I had a rhythm.  I pieced the blocks into sets of two along the row, then pressed all the seams open.  Then I went back and joined the sets into one long row.  Easy-Peasy.  The hardest part was making sure I was paying attention to which direction the blocks went.  I got 4 rows done and can't wait to finish up the rest later.

I won't be doing any sewing this weekend as the annual Machine Quilters Exposition (MQX) is in town and I've managed to convince my husband that spending the day with me at a quilt show will be a perfect date.  If you're in New England, I definitely recommend this show.  It's amazing!

I'm linking up with this weeks WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.

Happy Quilting!