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I am not sure how/why the name came to me.  I guess it takes three to make a band (two is just a pair/duo), just like you need three sides to make a triangle. The colors are definitely boyish. It fits and so it sticks.  

Meet Boy Band.

Boy Band

The Island Batik challenge for May is simple - get out of your comfort zone (working with squares and rectangles) and work with triangles.

I could have used HSTs or even HRTs because there is no dearth of ideas. But staying true to the challenge, I pieced triangles. 

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Today’s tutorial is perfect for anyone who has been wanting to give equilateral triangles, or 60-degree triangles, a go but have been intimidated by them.

I just love equilateral triangles because they look so fancy and advanced, but they’re not that bad once you break them down. My pattern On the 60 from my first book, “Simple Quilts for the Modern Home” is the perfect beginner 60-degree triangle pattern. The triangles are big and they are sewn together in horizontal rows, which makes it about as easy as you can get.

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First off, I need to thank Matt at Electric Quilt Tech Support for figuring out how to create a layout for this quilt in EQ8.  I am not taking credit for his solution, just writing it down before I forget how I did it and sharing it with other EQ users who want to play with similar quilt designs on their own.

EQ8 Quilt Design Using Hexagons and Equilateral Triangles