Thread: I need help with a design....help me please....

Originally Posted by Onebyone

The blocks can be made super simple using the Strip Tube ruler technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3k85E3lzfU

This is how I have done it. It is true that you will have bias on all four sides, but if you just guide the fabric through your machine, without pulling, you shouldn't have any problem. Some quilters would suggest you starch to help with the bias sides. Ann

I too would just do it in strips. Before cutting the diagonal on each strip I would stitch just inside the cutting line to stabilize. Then as you stitch the sections together it is very easy to keep everything stable and lined up properly.

I have drafted the finished block with measurements in inches.

Are you sure that the person wants the stripes to be THAT wide?

If I figured correctly, that would be a (finished size) 17 inch block with a 24 inch diagonal.

Or did she mean 12 inches this way?

That is definitely a different pattern.

I would make half square triangle blocks and then sew and flip the extra colour on the corner. You could make them whatever size you wanted.

Originally Posted by Marley46

I would make half square triangle blocks and then sew and flip the extra colour on the corner. You could make them whatever size you wanted.

Such a simple idea - but an excellent one!

There would be no bias edges to worry about!!