3256 Triangles

When I made my July One Monthly Goal I posed the question: How many triangles does it take to make a quilt?   I've done a little math and now know the answer for my quilt is 3256. That is 44 rows of 74 triangles and a quilt that will measure 84 x 88.  I started making the triangle units back in November 2016 as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project to use 2.5 inch scraps and made them throughout 2016 and 2017 following a tutorial on Molly Flanders blog. 

 I quit making those little units when I thought I had enough for a quilt. I had no idea how many units I had. I hadn't counted as I went along. Anyway...my July OMG was to sew those triangle units into rows that consisted of 36 triangle units and empty the box. 

 My goals was accomplished. I now have an empty box. I actually filled it back up again after I emptied it and then emptied it again. 

 After I sewed the box of units together I only had 25 rows and I wanted 44. So I cut and made more triangle units from the 2.5 inch scrap bin and scrap chunks I cut into 2.5 inch pieces. 

So now I have 44 rows and more than completed my July OMG so time to link up to: 

One Monthly Goal (OMG) at Elm Street Quilts

And now I've been sewing those rows together so maybe in August I'll have a completed top.  But it's pretty time consuming matching and pinning all those triangle points. 12 rows sewn together only 32 more to go! 

How Many Triangles Does It Take to Make a Quilt?

 It's no secret that I have a LOT of UFOs. I'm trying to correct that but sometimes I don't know which ones to work on. So sometimes I play some games and let others decide for me.  This year in addition to calling UFO numbers to work on each month, Stephanie, from the Stashbusters Yahoo group,  also calls a precut or shape each month that might trigger us to use stash or finish a UFO.  

This month the shape is TRIANGLE.  And I have this UFO that I'm going to work on. 

I have six rows of triangles sewn together so far that are 84 inches long. That is the width of my quilt.  I want a quilt that is at least 88 inches in length so I need about 44 rows. 

 Several years ago I made a small box of these units as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge Project that used 2.5 inch scraps. I followed a tutorial at Molly Flanders blog.  I never did count them but when it looked like I had a lot of them I decided to start sewing them together. I made three rows and then quit and put it all away until now. A couple of days ago I added three more rows. 

Each row consists of 36 or 37 units (two triangles). I decided that the way I will tackle this UFO is to sew all my units together into rows of 36 and then see how many rows I have. After that I can decide if I need to make more units before I start sewing those rows together again. 

I'm anxious to see how many rows I will have when the box is empty. I don't think it is enough for my quilt but time will tell.  I'm too darned lazy to count them all if you want to know the truth. 

This is some nice mindless sewing that I really need right now when I'm feeling stressed to the max and trying to keep the blues at bay. 

An empty box of triangles and ? amount of rows is my July OMG (One Monthly Goal). 

I'll be blogging about a few more games and goals soon that should keep me motivated and moving things forward.