Introducing the Trilobite Quilt and Pattern

This week, I’ll be showing you the second pdf pattern I’ve been working on, my Trilobite quilt and pattern. The pattern is available here, in my shop. And until next Monday use the code  “TRILOBITE25” at checkout to save 25%!

Around the time I was 10 or so, my dad took me and my brother up to the Burgess Shale. We hiked up that thing and enjoyed the breathtaking views. Naturally, being 10, I took those sights for granted. But I do remember the beautiful glacial waters and the eery trilobite fossils.

Trilobite fossils, are neat because they are one of the few fossils of soft tissued creatures, as opposed to the more usual bony dinosaur type fossils. My dad would go on and on about it in the way that fathers do, so I sure do hope that I’m right!

The blocks are made from half square triangles (HSTs) and larger triangles. I thought that the zig zag edged shape kinda looked like the trilobite rubbings my brother and I made at the top of the trail. (My brother *almost* fell off the mountain on the way down, I swear!)

Aside from the layout I’ve shown, I’ve included 4 alternate layouts you could choose from. Each layout is made by rearranging the blocks and laying the rectangular blocks vertically or horizontally. It depends on what size you want – either youth, throw, twin, queen or California King. It’s also possibly that there are other layouts using the same blocks. I wouldn’t be surprised!

I really love the simplicity of 2 color quilts. I used Kona Snow and Kona Wasabi, but couldn’t help having a small amount of fun with a sabotage block and a strip of mismatched binding. (It’s hard to see the binding surprise, but it’s dark green in the bottom left side in the first picture.)

For quilting, I used matching Aurifil thread (the white thread and #5015) to stitch straight lines from triangle point to triangle point. I wanted each line to be as straight as possible so I marked off each line with a ruler and fabric-marking pen. Aside from the marking, it was a fun and relatively quick way to get straight line quilting finished.

So that’s my version of the Trilobite Quilt pattern. I should have 3 lovely pattern testers that will be showing off their versions later this week. So stay tuned because these ladies came up with beautiful versions!!