Make a Modern Floating Triangles Quilt with Dimensional Folded Triangles

Make a Modern Floating Triangles Quilt with Dimensional Folded Triangles

Stitch a quick column quilt this winter with a modern twist! No half-square triangles are needed to sew our Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging. Dimensional folded triangles and crosswise fabric strips make this an easy piecing project–even for beginners! The 20″ x 34″ quilt size is ideal for display on a wall or table–you decide!

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 101: Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging Tutorial Video by The Stitch it! Sisters

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 101: Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging video with hosts Deanna Springer and Dana Casey. In this video, the Stitch it! Sisters share step-by-step fabric cutting and sewing techniques for making NZP’s Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging and Table Runner Project.

Then, head over to ShopNZP.com and purchase our Exclusive Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging and Table Runner Bundle Box! This Bundle Box features an array of light, medium, and dark fabrics for amazing contrast: Modern fabric prints in white, gray, black and bright colorful Shades by Riley Blake Designs. The Bundle Box also includes backing and binding fabric, plus batting and pattern–with full-color step-by-step instructions! You’ll supply the thread.

Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging or Table Runner Sewing Tutorial

Approximate finished size: 20″ W x 34″ H

Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging or Table Runner Tools & Supplies

• Exclusive Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging and Table Runner Bundle Box
• 60 I Sew For Fun Heart Shaped Straight Pins
• Clover’s Pin ‘n Stow Magnetic Wrist Pin Cushion and/or I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Magnetic Covered Pin Caddy
• Clover’s 7-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Shears
• I Sew For Fun Sew Safe Presser Foot or 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
• Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl/Stiletto
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Tailor’s Clapper
• Clover’s Rotary Cutter and Mat, & Ruler
• Schmetz Size 90/11 Chrome Quilting Needles
• Optional: Quilt Basting Spray
• Optional: Schmetz Size 90/14 Super Nonstick Sewing Machine Needles
• Optional: The Ultimate Quilt ‘N Stitch Presser Foot

Create Modern Floating Triangles Squares

Pre-shrink fabrics by steaming and pressing, and steaming and pressing a second time, and then spray press and starch fabric with June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy — press and starch, press and starch.

   All seam allowances are scant 1/4″ unless otherwise stated. Read all instructions prior to beginning project.

Cut Modern Floating Triangles Squares A-D

• Stack the four fat quarter fabrics: A-Citrus Cotton Shades(Bright Yellow), B- Peacock Cotton Shades(Aqua), C-Shell Cotton Shades(Coral) and D- Apple Cotton Shades(Lime Green).
• Using a rotary cutter, mat and ruler, cut two sets of 6″ squares, cut two sets of 5″ squares, cut two sets of 4″ squares, cut two sets of 3″ squares, and cut three sets of 2″ squares.

   If you’re using fat quarters for the background fabric strips, cut two each crosswise fabric strips and later stitch folded triangles in center seams (see step 6) when joining strips.

Cut Modern Floating Triangles Background Fabrics E-I

• Using a rotary cutter, mat and ruler, cut crosswise fabric strips.

     To make the following step easier, randomly place the Floating Triangles on the columns. The illustrations depict the featured wall hanging, but you are welcome to personalize the design.

• Arrange strips and mark placement lines on them with a marking pen and Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge as shown in illustration.

Make the Floating Triangles

• Press all cut squares of Fabrics A-D in half on the grain line, wrong sides together.

• Meet one corner of the folded edge to the cut edge and form a point.

• Meet the second corner of the folded edge to the cut edge.

Repeat for all Floating Triangles with Fabrics A-D

To set folds, press squares (above) with a steam iron, then press folds with Tailor’s Clapper, and hold for just a few seconds, it will leave a nice flat crisp professional looking edge.

Prepare Columns for the Quilt

• Column 1: Center and pin the 4″ Folded Triangles facing down on the 4-1/2″ background strip, as shown. Insert two each fabrics A-D folded triangles.
• Column 2: Center and pin the 6″ Folded Triangles facing up on the 6-1/2″ background strip, as shown. Insert one fabric A folded triangle. Insert two each fabrics B-D folded triangles.
• Column 3: Center and pin the 3″ Folded Triangles facing down on the 3-1/2″ background strip, as shown. Insert two each fabrics A-D folded triangles.
• Column 4: Center and pin the 2″ Folded Triangles facing up on the 2-1/2″ background strip, as shown. Insert three each fabrics A-C folded triangles. Insert two fabric D folded triangles.
• Column 5: Center and pin the 5″ Folded Triangles facing down on the 5-1/2″ background strip, as shown. Insert two each fabrics A-D folded triangles.

Stitch the Folded Triangles to the Column Background Strips

For best results, assemble one column at a time.

• Fold the strip right sides together at each Floating Triangle. The Floating Triangle is sandwiched between the fabric.

• Stitch 1/4″ from the fold. Repeat at each Floating Triangle; press the strip.

• Press

• Trim each column strip to 34″ in length.

Arrange and Join Columns for the Quilt

• Using the layout guide join Columns 1–5 to finish the center of the wall hanging. Press seams flat, then to one side.

Layer, Quilt, and Bind

• Layer finished quilt top on batting and backing fabric. Quilt Layers using your favorite quilting techniques.
• Finish your quilt, using your favorite binding technique or use Nancy Zieman’s Favorite Quilt Binding Method!

Use The Ultimate Quilt ‘N Stitch Presser Foot to straight-line machine quilt your Modern Floating Triangles Quilt! Easily Stitch multiple parallel rows of quilting –on a domestic sewing machine– without ever marking lines.

Modern Floating Triangles Wall  Hanging or Table Runner Tools & Supplies

• Exclusive Modern Floating Triangles Wall Hanging and Table Runner Bundle Box
• 60 I Sew For Fun Heart Shaped Straight Pins
• Clover’s Pin ‘n Stow Magnetic Wrist Pin Cushion and/or I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Magnetic Covered Pin Caddy
• Clover’s 7-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Shears
• I Sew For Fun Sew Safe Presser Foot or 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
• Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl/Stiletto
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Tailor’s Clapper
• Clover’s Rotary Cutter and Mat, & Ruler
• Schmetz Size 90/11 Chrome Quilting Needles
• Optional: Quilt Basting Spray
• Optional: Schmetz Size 90/14 Super Nonstick Sewing Machine Needles
• Optional: The Ultimate Quilt ‘N Stitch Presser Foot

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For a chance to be the random winner of a 5 pack of Super Nonstick Needle size 90/14 from NZP, please leave a comment below sharing where you’d display your Modern Floating Triangles Quilt – on a wall or a table?

NZP will give away one 5 pack of Super Nonstick Needle size 90/14, to one US resident in the 48 contiguous states. Winner must reply within 30 days to the official giveaway announcement email message sent from Nancy Zieman Productions.

The randomly selected winner of a copy of the book, Nancy Zieman, The Rest of the Story Book & DVD by Richard Zieman, from the December 31 Blog Post, Year in Review plus Top 10 Nancy Zieman Productions Blog Postings of 2020 and Book Giveaway, is Trudy Flynn.

Her comment is: I have watched Nancy for over thirty five years. I watched her shows and taped them when I lived in Vermont in the late eighties and then in Florida in the early 90’s. I still watch her tapes and they are always on point. I miss her a lot.

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Happy Sewing and Happy New Year!

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