Just in case my previous block doesn’t count for the month of tiny triangles (since I started it in June, even though I finished it in July), I picked out this triangle block that also boasts tiny triangles.

I wanted to make sure to complete it in July, but I sped up the timeline even more for a different reason. I wanted to get it done in a single day so I could move on to sashing that I could take to a crafting get-together the next day … which I then didn’t even go to. But any progress is good progress, right?

The get-together was not one I’d been to before, and in the end I chickened out. The attendees were all new-to-me people and I didn’t know what to expect or if my crafts would be considered suitable … but I am taking baby steps closer to going each month. In July, I even signed up to go, just didn’t show up. In August, I met with the group organizer for coffee. In September, I might actually go to the meeting.

But at the time I was putting this block together in July, I really thought I was going to the July meeting, and that meant getting this block done and moving on to some stitching that would be more appropriate for the get-together.

I used Avery labels for this one, and they don’t always travel well. When I cut out all the pieces ahead of time, they tend to get jumbled up in my travel kit. So with these triangle blocks, I usually cut out the pieces for one section of the block, stitch those all to each other, then cut out the pieces for the next section of the block, and so on.

Since it’s difficult to cut out pieces on the go, I try to save the triangle blocks for times when I know I’m going to be staying in for the duration of the block construction.

If I have to travel with them, I try to cut all the pieces out ahead of time, and then bundle adjacent pieces together with pins. This way, at least all the pieces in a section stay together.

Even then, it can sometimes be hard to figure out which pieces go where within the section. It’s best to stitch the block at home, not just cut out the pieces at home, if possible.

And in this case, it worked out. Despite some of the triangles being tiny, there weren’t that many pieces in the block, and it went together pretty quickly.

The tiny-ish triangles at the very bottom are actually stitched in with inset seams instead of appliquéing them, a departure in technique from some of the Dear Jane blogs I consulted. But sewing by hand makes inset seams less of an ordeal – definitely faster than me trying to appliqué them.

The end result? I finished this block at the speed of light, and was able to move on to the next step: more sashing!