I am looking for a quilt pattern, or just a picture of one with the blocks on the diagonal, I have looked through the pics here but I still can't find one. I have a quilt that I am working on but am having a hard time working by memory to really see how I need to place the blocks. Thank you for all your help. I love this forum. :D
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You can set almost any block on the diagonal.
Here is a picture of a quilt I set on point with alternate plain blocks. this was called Tippy Canoe, may be the Ohio Star [ATTACH=CONFIG]11566[/ATTACH] |
I did an on point quilt. Even though I had the book it stilll was better for me to lay the squares out and then sew the diagonal rows together from there.
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Thank you so much that helps, to see what I need to do at the edges. I have never done this before so it helps to look at someone else.
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Here is a link showing Cutting Corner and Setting Triangles for On Point Quilts
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltse...ngtriangls.htm I'm sure there have been discussion on the board about this before... but haven't done a search yet. There is a formula for figuring out the size of block to cut the triangles for the sides and corners. In my old age, I have to look this up each time I do a quilt on point ;-) |
Originally Posted by Barb_MO
Here is a link showing Cutting Corner and Setting Triangles for On Point Quilts
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltse...ngtriangls.htm I'm sure there have been discussion on the board about this before... but haven't done a search yet. There is a formula for figuring out the size of block to cut the triangles for the sides and corners. In my old age, I have to look this up each time I do a quilt on point ;-) |
I believe all you have to do is add 7/8 to the size of your block and then cut it in half.
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Originally Posted by sewcrafty
I believe all you have to do is add 7/8 to the size of your block and then cut it in half.
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The ends should be half triangles (at the 4 corners). I just looked up my pattern and the original size was 3" and the side blocks finished size were 6 (then cut in 1/2). That's why I said before, I had to lay the total quilt out before I sewed it and then sewed in diagonal rows. Whole new mind set! :-) It really played with my mind. It does work out though and the quilt I did for a baby girl came out absolutely gorgeous.
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