Triangle quilt along: top finished.

 This week has been a race against the clock. Finally I can report the piecing is finished. 

I positioned the triangles randomly. I did however make piles of one of each fabric and first place them on the design wall and swap them around a bit until I was satisfied. I was terrified of getting to the last row with a handful of identical triangles. So i guess that's controlled random!

rows pinned together:
not through the join, but close either side.

I have learnt a lot this week, but there is just one thing I'd like to share: 

• When joining the rows I put a pin through the points, as  Paula at the Sassy Quilter suggested. 
• Then I put a pin about 1/2" each side where there are fewer layers of fabric, and removed the first pin. 

I'd never pinned this way before, but found when I started joining the rows that the fabric was bunching up on the pin and distorting. This way the join stayed flat and was easier to lead under the foot.

This was a tip I saw last year in a McCall's video in the Sand and Surf project; sorry I don't remember which lesson! I had forgotten all about it, but it came in handy this afternoon.

I'm linking up to Paula at the Sassy Quilter for 

and to Stitch by Stitch for Anything Goes Mondays

Happy sewing

Marly.