Originally Posted by
KenmoreGal2
Wow, that's beautiful!!! I am a new quilter, I haven't even tried to make a triangle yet! Not to mention one as wonderful as yours. Some day....
As I make these quilts, it occurs to me that they are very much like the activity blankets that young children love. It's sad how we regress.
Edited to add that I've heard from the assisted living facility and they would prefer no velcro. They say it's too scratchy. Each facility has it's own desires and criteria so it's good that you will show them a prototype before making too many.
Actually the triangles pictured can be made by folding a square the same size as the novelty square (in this case, 5") in half, then folding each side down and to the seam allowance, like a pointed hat. I stitched down the edge of each to hold the fold in the middle, pinned four to the top of the novelty square and sewed all the seams into the seam allowance when I pieced the square. I did the same thing only instead of a square for the triangles, I used two different colored rectangles, offsetting the fold when I pressed them in half. That way when I folded it into a hat, I got a stripe down the middle.