Last challenge of the PQ season, and man was my inner quilter on vacay this week!

 So I started this week determined to finish out this season of PQ strong.  And I read the challenge on Sunday and pulled out a couple quilt books and flipped through them.  Then on Monday I googled "triangles."  On Tuesday I posted on my Facebook wall asking my friends what "triangles" made them think of, and received some very helpful replies (Pizza, Doritos, Pie.... notice a theme?)  On Wednesday I asked in a little sewing group I am in, and got some slightly more sewing related replies.  But nothing was jumping at me... and then Thursday rolled around and I went back and looked through all the suggestions I had and decided on one from my friend Cara.  I also decided it was a good time to make something for Justin, since he never gets anything.  **In my defense, he refused to pose for testers**

The Triforce... if you don't know is the iconic symbol from the video game Zelda.  So I started here: 

So A - this is REALLY boring looking, I know.  B - the weird mark on the floor is from when I used too sticky tape to tape a quilt backing down to sandwich... I will eventually figure out how to get it off. C - At this point I was stuck again.

So going retro..  Did any of you play Zelda?  When we were teens we BEGGED my mom for a Nintendo64.  I had to promise to be nice to my brother for like a whole year.  And we got it and Ocarina of Time for Christmas I think (is it sad that I can't remember that far back??).  Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are to this day my FAVORITE Zelda games.  And probably in my top games of all time. I don't want to talk about the stupid pony race part, though. 

Ocarina of Time had these three temples you need to restore: earth, fire, and water...  Aha!  Next idea...

We will not discuss how much unpicking we needed to get the triangles to line up relatively nice.  OH!  I forgot! My friend +Kimberly Odell  bought me this:

When it arrived, I thought... why is she sending me a pet groomer?!  I was insulted for a moment, and then she explained.  This is THE COOLEST seam ripper.  It took me seconds to undo the rows I botched.  So if you're like me and make more mistakes than you probably should admit to... this is pretty awesome.

Okay, back to work... Each of the three elements has a symbol to go with it, so I added them on as well in the form of appliques.  Then I picked a pretty purple for the backing and it was time to quilt..  I did some stitching in the ditch around the big triangle and the Tri-force.  Then AGAIN I was stuck.  Seriously, where was my brain this week?  Here's what I went with:

Points for creative FMQing at least?  Each stright part got one of Link's (the hero) weapons: slingshot, bow and arrow, and sword.  And  then in the corners I added three more well known symbols from the game:  1/2 of a life heart (if you played this game you can now hear that annoying beep-beep in your head), a blue rupee, and a key.


I also added the words that the Triforce pieces symbolize into the middles:

 Power. Wisdom. Courage.
If I had my own sewing Tri-force, I think it would read: Procrastination. Inspiration. Improvisation. 

Then I did some swirls on the border pieces and it was time for binding.

Guess what?  I got stuck AGAIN.  I don't have a lot of solids in my stash anymore, and since I'm working through another set of 50 before I can shop again, I was sort of limited.  I did have some pre-made binding on hand and decided to go with that...

  Okay, color wise I KNEW the yellow went best, but see how it was folded poorly?  It made it look yucky when it was against the darker colored border.  o I looked at the others, hated them, and unfolded and re-ironed the yellow.  It really was the best choice.

The details: 

Size - 33" on each side

Fabrics used: Michael Miller (green), Moda (Yello blender), In the 

beginning (red and blue), and purple (Kona).

And here is my finished project - Oh, a name... ack... (stuck again... seriously??)  How about...

Hey! Listen!  <memorable catchphrase by the game's most annoying character>

Here's the link to the Voting!  Click the little heart on your four favorites to help pick the people's choice for this final challenge of the season!