August 15, 2010 - Are you intrigued by scrappy quilts, but confounded and confused by the complexity of assembling a large quantity of fabrics to successfully achieve the “look”? Then you’ll want to join us for our first-ever Friendship Triangle Exchange - because we’re going scrappy!
Here’s how the Exchange works:
1. Purchase a Cinnamon Stick at QT ($3 each).
“What is a Cinnamon Stick?” you ask. It’s a roll of 2 different fabrics – a light and a dark – rolled together with a piece of Triangle Paper which is printed with stitching lines for 28 half-square triangles.
2. Take the Cinnamon Stick home, sew on the stitching lines as indicated on the Triangle Paper, and cut the triangles apart.
3. Leaving the paper attached, and without pressing them open, put the 28 triangles in a small bag and return them to QT at your convenience – any time between now and the last collection-day of the Exchange, Wednesday, October 20th.
4. We at QT will keep track of how many triangles you return to us, and sort them into separate containers where they’ll get mixed up with all the other triangles returned.5. At the end of the Exchange, we’ll present you with a bag with the same number of triangles you returned to us, but in a truly scrappy assortment!
A few details:
1. Triangles may be submitted any time between now and the last day of collection (Wednesday, October 20th).
2. Your bags, filled with triangles, will be ready for pick-up on Sunday, October 24th.
3. In order to maintain consistency in the quality of fabric used in the exchange, you must use our Cinnamon Sticks.
4. This first Exchange (We warn you – this can become addicting!) has a very “traditional” feel in the palette and fabric choices, but we promise a few unexpected surprises!
5. The half-square triangle units will finish at 2” square – a very popular and useful size!
6. We thank Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts, for the inspired idea for this exchange, for designing the Triangle Papers, and for writing her wonderful book Friendship Triangles which is packed with beautiful projects designed around 2” half-square triangle units!
7. If you purchase 3 Cinnamon Sticks at one time, we will extend a 15% discount on the book Friendship Triangles.
Join us on Sunday, October 24th at 3:00
for a special Friendship Triangle Event,
when you can enjoy fun and refreshment,
and head home with your bag filled with triangles,
all ready for sewing!