salemrabbits

I have been a member of the board for some time, but never have started a thread, so here goes:

I decided to go out of my comfort zone and attempt a quilt top on point. I have been working on crumb blocks and decided since this was so different from my other scrappy quilts I would try putting blocks on point. I sashed them with black sashing and red cornerstones and now have the "rows" completely attached except the end triangles.

The crumb block is 7 and 1/2 inches without sashing. Reading or searching for info on measuring these angles I come up with making a square of 11 and 7/8" to cut into four triangles and a block of 3 and 5/8 to cut into 2 pieces for the cornerstone angle.

You pros out there, is there an easy way to know this might be close on how to finish this top? I thought I might try these in waste fabric to see if they "fit" because I don't have extra to waste if my -measurements are wrong.

Bonnie Hunter would be proud, and I hope when it's finished I can post a photo--it certainly is a beauty. Those cute little crumbs total more than 100 pieces in ONE block for most of the blocks and the amount of time is unmeasured in playing. I have totally LOVED every moment of seeing this grow and am excited seeing all this waste become such a thing of beauty.....it's a keeper.

I have named it "My Transformation" because I was a teacher who lost her position to budget cuts this past June after 20 plus years, and needed a way to "heal" and start a new beginning. Colorful and fabrics of my life to remind me of some pretty wonderful things.

Best part of course is my new beginning in 2013 with a new job, but sadly not in the education field....yet one that I will have a great time and be able to use my abilities in. I was a Business Teacher, I am now going to be an Office Manager and in charge of a CPA firm office.........yipee! ( the owner CPA is one of my former students, now is hiring me...try a role reversal, must be I did my job as her teacher!)

auntpiggylpn

I have a chart for setting triangles that is most helpful. As soon as I can get my laptop fired up I will post a link.

crafterrn1

Okay you have a 7-1/2" block but how big is the sashing? How many blocks did you use? I can do a project in EQ and give you the exact size you need. I usually cut the corner triangles only once on the diagonal. Less waste. and you cut 2 squares for 4 corner triangles. Let me know and I will get that out to you!
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/conte...s_On_Point.pdf
http://quiltville.com/onpointmath.shtml
Luann in CT

auntpiggylpn

Luann beat me to it! The quiltville.com was the link I was going to send

hopetoquilt

When unsure if it would work... I will cut a piece of computer paper to the size and line it up to see if it looks like it would work. No wasted cut fabric. Hope this helps.

Jan in VA

Here's a tute for setting quilts on point without the math "harassment".

Jan in VA

salemrabbits

thank you so much for the responses, I will get a chance to work on this on Saturday, and will cut the first effort in scrap fabric just in case- not sure of how the cornerstones get added, but will figure it out.

nellie

the quilting bug.com has a good tutorial for setting blocks on point as well