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11-06-2011, 07:09 AM

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dunster

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Originally Posted by sandyms

Dunster, would it help her any if she used an Easy Angle to cut her triangles? I'm making a Jewel Box quilt for our daughter. Using fat quarters of batiks for a quilt that will be 108x108. Only using 24 fat quarters, I have all the HST's made, working on the 4 patch units, and have some of each fat quarter left over. I used the Easy Angle for all this.

Sorry, I've never used the Easy Angle. I really haven't done that many HST's or QST's to have developed a favorite method for making them. I've tried several different methods, just haven't settled on one yet.

I agree with all of MTS's comments. I do think that larger blocks would be better on a larger quilt, and I don't think I would use FQ's for this pattern because of the waste. I would look for a FQ-friendly pattern instead, or use yardage.

11-06-2011, 07:12 AM

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Or the 24 FQ's didn't include the background fabric for the Jewel Box quilt, which would mean it WAS twice the amount of fabric (~12 yards of fabric).

That makes more sense.