Thread: Help HELP! I broke it!

Made a quilt design and it is really cute. My problem. The blocks are on point and mrs smartypants math whiz MISCALCULATED the corner pieces and triangles (made them too small.) What that means is that my corner points come all the way to the edge leaving me less than 1/8 inch to add a border. I suppose the best answer here is to go ahead and unsew those and make them bigger so they overlap and leave me an edge at attach border to. Do you think that will work?

Originally Posted by Tothill

I am a complete newby, but that is so lovely that I think it is worth cutting new pieces.

YOu're a smart Newbie!!!


Missus Fear ... ITA ... the best way to correct this is to unsew and cut new setting triangles. I usually oversize them. and once sewn in place, I press the whole top well, and then trim the excess. That way you can get it all nicely squared and trimmed before you add the borders/bindings.

You've got a lovely piece and you'll be more than happy you took the time to back track and correct it.

(and I bet you'll remember this and will never cut setting triangles wrong again!!

Hi, Tracy! Yes, I think you would be much happier if you were to unsew the small ones and cut bigger. It certainly would work! I very much like your purple and the bunnies!

Originally Posted by Prism99

Removing and cutting new, larger ones would definitely work. Actually, I always cut my triangles overly large, sew them on, and then trim to size afterwards. That way I don't have to rely too much on my math skills (which have definitely rusted with the years......).

Ditto that!! The quilt I'm working on now has the side setting tri's still hanging off the edge a bit until I'm done with the applique - then I'll trim the tri's when I square up the whole the quilt top before sandwiching/quilting.

But yes - that quilt is too cute to not fix. If you have enough fabric, fix it.

BTW - the one I'm working on also has appliqued bunnies

Originally Posted by Prism99

Removing and cutting new, larger ones would definitely work. Actually, I always cut my triangles overly large, sew them on, and then trim to size afterwards. That way I don't have to rely too much on my math skills (which have definitely rusted with the years......).

I overcut mine, too, but it's because I like to float my blocks inside the border. As adorable as this quilt is, I think you'd be lots happier if you re-did it. But, just my 2 cents worth...

Been there, done that. If you have enough fabric, the best solution would be to take off the edge triangles and put new ones on that are big enough to include the seam allowance. Having learned my lesson once, I now cut my setting and corner triangles about 1/2" big and then trim them to leave that essential 1/4" so the block points don't get cit off. My theory is: if you haven't done this, you haven't designed enough on point quilts yourself. It's part of the learning process.