Adeline’s Flat Iron is a 3-color, 3-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures approximately 72 x 72 inches. Because the base of the triangle is wider than it is tall, an extra row is added to the length to make this quilt almost square.
This design uses the Inklingo 4 & 2 inch 60° Triangle Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana and Stonehenge by Northcott.
Adeline (Smith) DeLong was my 3rd great grandmother in my paternal grandfather’s line. Her husband, William DeLong, was a blacksmith. I’d like to think that if they couldn’t afford commercially available flat irons, William would have made his wife a pair or ideally a set of three flat irons. Two irons would be heating on the stove while the third was in use.
[click photo to view at NYPL and click photo there for larger view]
The triangle shape of the flat iron block is reminiscent of early ironing implements.
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Adeline’s Flat Iron |
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Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. I don’t have a copy of this collection so I couldn’t finish filling in the chart below but you can use the information from the collection to figure the sizes to cut and print. To figure fabric yardage, see the section “Planning a Quilt” in the Inklingo collection. |
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Fabric |
Yardage |
Shape |
# of Shapes |
Cut & Print |
Page # in shape collection |
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Fabric 1 |
2″ triangles | 756 | |||||||
Binding strips | 8 strips | // | // | ||||||
Fabric 2 |
2″ triangles | 742 |
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2″ half triangle sets | 14 left & right sets |
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Fabric 3 |
2″ triangles | 490 |
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4″ triangles | 245 |
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2″ half triangle sets | 14 left & right sets |
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4″ half triangle sets | 7 left & right sets |
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Want to check my math? The Adeline Flat Iron Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. You can also use the information above to make this quilt using 60° Triangle Rulers. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for 60° Triangle Rulers. Just be aware that some rulers measure the triangles from top to bottom instead of along the side so the finished size of your blocks and quilt might be different. |
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Adeline’s Flat Iron |
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Adeline’s Flat Iron This one is my favorite! |
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