First off I've been seeing so many great ideas posted out there on the web, what an inspiration for everyone in the quilting community I love the sharing of ideas and patterns. I've spotted some neat paper piecing blocks I want to try next. Solstice Stars, and others from Fresh Lemon Quilts and these cute cakes found at Porch Swing Quilts.
Currently I am playing around with half-sq triangles (HST) I had quite a few extra HST already cut from a previously finished project and originally thought I was going to make something else with them (or I would have never cut extra triangles), so to get rid of them I decided to make chevrons! I had some black on hand because I think I always have black, white and ecru on hand, and decided to pair it with the scrappy triangles.
To make one chevron block I lay out my HST as shown below.
Originally I thought to try this next layout for the blocks thinking it would be great to make in columns and have the colors staggered by placing a half chevron to the top of the next row. Thus creating "staggered chevrons".
Once you have a few basic blocks put together it's always fun to play with the layout, even on a super simple design such as this. It's amazing all the different combinations you can create. I think this is always a great place for beginners to start because you can create something really cool without it being complicated.
Next I just laid them out in classic chevron design.
Then I inverted one of the chevrons. This could also make for an interesting graphic design.
Thanks for reading♥