This is one of the best purchases I’ve made on ebay — an old shoebox packed with over 5,000 vintage 1930’s triangles — and it was so cheap. They were obviously samples because I can’t find a duplicate in the thousands of little pieces. Also, a few had some glue residue or a bit of paper on the short side, but most were pristine. There are 3 different sizes — this is the medium size (2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) greens. There are also blues, reds, pinks, yellows, lavenders, browns, blacks & a smaller amount of orange and turquoise. All of the pieces are the same elongated triangle.
I agonized over the quilt patterns I would use. I always want to select a pattern that will utilize most of the little scrap so not much is wasted. Many of the large triangle group were used in the Simple Objects Quilt. The medium-sized triangle group has the largest amount of pieces. For these pieces, I chose the Wheel of Fortune pattern and I was able to eek out both of the print pattern pieces and also reverse them (which was tricky because all of these triangles all face the same direction).
The Wheel of Fortune pattern and a 2-block sample appear after the green fabric photos.
What fun it is to win a great assortment of vintage fabrics on eBay! You’ve done a remarkable job of putting them to bright and beautiful use! The Wheel of fortune blocks are gorgeous! Your work is meticulous! Since I’m a vintage quilt scrap block fabric textile lover, I’m throughly enjoying your stitching!
Thanks, Coralie — the sewing for Wheel of Fortune is actually pretty easy since it’s all straight seams. The only hard part is matching up all those angles.
What a glorious find!! And the Wheel of Fortune really is a show-stopper block for you to stitch.
I agree with the previous commenter. Your stitching is wonderful and meticulous.
Thanks for the link on this. I do believe this is the quilt block name that I have been searching for.
Congrats on your find.