I worked on this triangle block during a weekend getaway in May.

I’d traveled so light for retreat the previous month, bringing the smallest amount of fabric imaginable for three blocks:

That was the last leftover bit of my fourth yard of red fabric, plus literal scraps of contrast fabric for three blocks. My scissors and rotary cutter alone took up more space in my retreat bag than my fabric did.

But on the Memorial Day getaway trip, I definitely traveled heavy.

Between retreat and the start of this block, I cut out my fifth yard of fabric. Considering I’ve only got about 50 blocks left, and I’ve even done some of the sashing, I’m starting to feel more confident that I’ll have enough of the red fabric to use for the solid alternating triangles in the border.

This is despite the fact that the Dear Jane software still thinks I’ll need more than 18 yards of the red fabric. I don’t know how it comes up with these numbers.

I decided I wanted to assemble my first row of triangle blocks on the trip, but first I wanted to squeeze in one more block.

Also, I may have been procrastinating on assembling the triangle row, which felt quite daunting.

So I packed all the supplies for this triangle block (including the newly-cut fifth yard, plus the last little scraps left from the fourth yard), in addition to all the triangles (plain and pieced) in the bottom row to assemble together. It was a packed suitcase!

The block went pretty quickly, using similar techniques to my previous triangle block, but far less complicated. I appliquéd on the two melon shapes, then pieced the bottom part of the triangle block in diagonal strips. Here it is still in sections:

The wavy nature of the checked fabric made it harder to tell if I stitched it accurately. But on the other hand, the wavy nature of the checked fabric made it harder for anyone else to tell if I stitched it inaccurately, so I’m calling it a wash.

Since the block went together so quickly and I hadn’t brought anything else on the trip, I had no excuse not to start work on assembling my first triangle row. But that tale is going to take a while to unpack, so I’ll save it for my next post.