54/40 or fight
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Is there a pattern for this block without using templates. I just reallly struggled doing this block using templates. What a pain, just can't seem to do templates, sort of the same about paper piecing. Just can't get it. I've never ripped a block so many times, but I struggled on & made 3 blocks. Made a table runner, quilted it (SITD). Then squared it up, on the last cut snipped of the tips :| .I am determined to make another one----someday.
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http://www.quilterscache.com/F/Fifty...ightBlock.html You should be able to find a ruler with the correct dimensions and then just rotary cut.
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There is probably a pattern for PPing it somewhere out there. Additionally, I believe it can be made using Pam Bono's technique of sewing two rectangles together corner to corner diagonally but I have never tried experimenting with it. Doing it this way you would end up with a center seam in the large equlateral triangle. Another option would be making them kind of like I make FG units by sewing a square to either side of a rectangle on the diagonal only instead of a square for the 54 40 or Fight it would be a rectangle. Hmmm, makes me want to experiment some.
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
There is probably a pattern for PPing it somewhere out there. Additionally, I believe it can be made using Pam Bono's technique of sewing two rectangles together corner to corner diagonally but I have never tried experimenting with it. Doing it this way you would end up with a center seam in the large equlateral triangle. Another option would be making them kind of like I make FG units by sewing a square to either side of a rectangle on the diagonal only instead of a square for the 54 40 or Fight it would be a rectangle. Hmmm, makes me want to experiment some.
Trim the added pieces using the original block as your template. Then trim off the excess of the original block.
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Originally Posted by mic-pa
Eleanor Burns's book Tennesse Waltz uses 54-40 and fight blocks and the rulers are included. I made a whole quilt that way and it is easy to use with her rulers.
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Originally Posted by true4uca
Originally Posted by mic-pa
Eleanor Burns's book Tennesse Waltz uses 54-40 and fight blocks and the rulers are included. I made a whole quilt that way and it is easy to use with her rulers.
http://www.quiltinaday.com/televisio...einasquare.asp
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Use the Tri Recs rulers. Go to this site and scroll down. When you find the Tri Recs, look at the examples of blocks and you will see the 54-40 block.
https://www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/ezQuilt.php#tri]https://www.softexpressions.com/soft...zQuilt.php#tri[/url]
https://www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/ezQuilt.php#tri]https://www.softexpressions.com/soft...zQuilt.php#tri[/url]
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
It could be done simple enough, similar to a snowball. Start out with the square the size you want it. Mark on the centre point at bottom and draw lines to the top for the V. Then lay on a piece of fabric. Stitch. Do other side.
You sew down the length of the middle, just as you would a square on a corner.
Jan in VA
Notice how this is not square but the angle at the short end is still 90 degrees-a right angle.
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