Little Black Dress 2! ...Part 2...

Remember, the charm pack... And the little triangles...

It's time to start laying them out...

...starting in the centre, Ta da! ... A pinwheel!

Then adding dark to gray, on our way to a star!

Time to build a frame around the star...

The block could be stopped here, but another frame could be added....

And I really liked the black dots...

There's a lot of ways to play with the triangles and if you are making a block, you may want a different layout and that's what makes quilting unique.  You pick and choose what looks good to you!  

I learned in doing this, as much as I like the 'scrappy' look- I was organizing the triangles to match on opposite sides of the squares.   Organized chaos?  

The end product is ' only ' a quilt block, but it will be finished with batting, quilting and a binding. All parts of learning to quilt.  

We usually only see beautiful, well done quilts and are totally amazed at the artistry, forgetting that all quilters must start as beginners. Our skill levels will increase by learning and trying small projects. Not all will be great and that's okay! 

Now it's off to try and put this together, trying to keep this many lines together...eek!

Normally, you start square by square and sew in a row, doing that for all six rows.  Then attach the rows together, making the square.  As these are made on the bias, the rows will become stretchy and the square may not be true.

Another way to sew these together, is to treat the block like 4- nine patch squares...

Now,  by only dealing with a row of three  at a time, it may become more manageable and easier to sew.  

I'm planning to use the nine patch method on half of the block and the other half, will be 6 squares sewed together in a straight line forming a row & then those rows will be attached, forming the other half of the block. 

No matter which way it gets together, there's a lot of ways to sew the wrong edges. If you are happy with a layout, take a picture of it before you sew just in case you move or rotate a square the wrong way.