Thread: I need help with cutting calculations

So aren't the point going to be cut off when you sew it if you cut this on the diagonal twice? Maybe I am not seeing it ...

Originally Posted by tellabella

So aren't the point going to be cut off when you sew it if you cut this on the diagonal twice? Maybe I am not seeing it ...

Yes that's the problem. This is a quilt I'm doing from a shop and she gave us this pattern for the setting blocks and to use as the setting triangles. I saw on the shop sample the points were cut off and her response was no one would notice. I noticed it and anyone with any quilting knowledge would notice. I want to make them right.

There is NO need to cut off those points if one has been taught good quilting and design skills. I'm surprised at that shop, but it bears out my assertion that too many quilt shops are owned and run by hobbyists not experienced teachers/business people.

Jan in VA

The points would only be cut off if you cut the block exactly on the diagonal. If you cut it 1/4" passed the diagonal, the points would be preserved. If you wanted to construct the block 'correctly' with no bias edges:
construct the lower right portion of the block using the normal construction method you used for the rest of the quilt. Then cut the 5 black setting triangles using the chart or calculation from Bonnie Hunter's site.
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...nt-quilts.html