Making a quilt w/ triangles??????
08-15-2008, 02:20 PM
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Looks awesome bebe, and thank you rose also for all the measurements. Have to agree with Ruth, i like that there are TONS of choices for triangles!!! lol lol And me personally, i love the snap crackle pop of taking paper off of paper piecing, just like popping bubble wrap lol Paper is my favourite quilting tool :)
08-16-2008, 05:15 AM
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I agree with you Ruth everyone can use the method they like best. I like thangles and think this CD method would be good and a money saver to me. I pay $5 a pack and often need to buy various sizes. Besides I like new gadgets. I think it is a neat idea for us who like to buy things to simplify their quilting lives.
I do not do well with videos and insructions. I have a flying geese ruler I bought saw the demo and forgot how to do it by the time I got home. :lol: Bummer it sits with the rest of my rulers I bought and do not use collecting dust.
I sure do use a heck of alot of thangles and love them :!: :D
I do not do well with videos and insructions. I have a flying geese ruler I bought saw the demo and forgot how to do it by the time I got home. :lol: Bummer it sits with the rest of my rulers I bought and do not use collecting dust.
I sure do use a heck of alot of thangles and love them :!: :D
08-16-2008, 09:09 AM
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hey girls what ever works for you is the answer....the point is to get a triangle.... :D :lol: :D :lol: :wink: I use to draw a line on everyone...time consuming but worked....then I got a thing I put under my machine...sometimes that works....sometimes I use tape to help guide me....still working on an easy solution lordy it just takes time....so I sucumb to that idea... :D :lol: :wink:
08-16-2008, 09:43 AM
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Rose Marie - thankyou, thank you, thankyou! I've made 1/2 square triangles this way for years, but I've always had to do the math anew each time9add 7/8") :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: . Now I can just take out your directions - you've made it so simple! :D :D :D
08-19-2008, 01:18 PM
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If you are the obsessive type - you can trim/true your sewn triangles to exact size after they are sewn and pressed.
I'm a pretty good piecer, but sometimes they just don't come out exactly "right" and trimming the sewn squares sometimes makes sense.
I'm a pretty good piecer, but sometimes they just don't come out exactly "right" and trimming the sewn squares sometimes makes sense.
08-19-2008, 01:30 PM
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Glad to help. I tried so many ways till I found Els way and now I make perfect triangles every time.
Be sure and get her triangle square up ruler, it makes it even simpler to square up the triangles.
Be sure and get her triangle square up ruler, it makes it even simpler to square up the triangles.
08-19-2008, 03:46 PM
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Bebe and I are the same on Thangles ! They are slick! No thinking, just cut two fabics the same size ( square ) as the already measured paper cheat sheets !!
Have used them for nearly 5 years now !! I have parkingsons. anything that can help me and not make me thing too much to reserve energy !
Ellen
Have used them for nearly 5 years now !! I have parkingsons. anything that can help me and not make me thing too much to reserve energy !
Ellen
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