Allietare! - Bonnie Hunter's 2015 Mystery Quilt
#431
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The broken lines are the sewing lines. The solid lines are the cutting lines. Often times, I will cut the squares apart into individual (makes 2 the same) units. If I want or need lots of the same HST, I will cut 2 pieces of fabric the size of the printer paper, put right sides of fabric together and pin in the corners. Then I just sew on the broken lines, cut apart on the solid lines. Remove paper, press triangles open and cut off "ears". Accurate HST every time. Hope this helps...
#432
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With the number of them we are making I think it would be fine to do a whole page. I haven't started yet and have not done the math to figure how many sheets of 18 it would be....but I know it is quite a few.
#433
16 1/3 is what I come up w/ dividing 18 into total number of required hst.
#434
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I started cutting and sewing triangles today, using the Easy Angle ruler. My first batch was a mess! I was somehow getting a bowed cut with the Angle ruler. But they were all salvageable with trimming; it's just that one shouldn't have to trim with this method.
The second batch seems to be much better, but I can tell that my ruler placement isn't consistent from batch to batch, resulting in minor size variations. Sometimes it seems that my strips are just a hair too big. I'm hoping for better efficiency and accuracy tomorrow. I will have to pick up the pace if I want to finish by Friday!
The second batch seems to be much better, but I can tell that my ruler placement isn't consistent from batch to batch, resulting in minor size variations. Sometimes it seems that my strips are just a hair too big. I'm hoping for better efficiency and accuracy tomorrow. I will have to pick up the pace if I want to finish by Friday!
#435
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Tulsa, Ok
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I started cutting and sewing triangles today, using the Easy Angle ruler. My first batch was a mess! I was somehow getting a bowed cut with the Angle ruler. But they were all salvageable with trimming; it's just that one shouldn't have to trim with this method.
The second batch seems to be much better, but I can tell that my ruler placement isn't consistent from batch to batch, resulting in minor size variations. Sometimes it seems that my strips are just a hair too big. I'm hoping for better efficiency and accuracy tomorrow. I will have to pick up the pace if I want to finish by Friday!
The second batch seems to be much better, but I can tell that my ruler placement isn't consistent from batch to batch, resulting in minor size variations. Sometimes it seems that my strips are just a hair too big. I'm hoping for better efficiency and accuracy tomorrow. I will have to pick up the pace if I want to finish by Friday!
#437
Planning to finnish this weeks clue tonight.
#438
Podunk, Thank you for starting this thread! Jeanne S try the paper method. You can even just do a sample on and see how quick and accurate it is. I didn't care for the ruler, just too tedious and not as accurate.
#439
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Maybe we'll do the shape next that requires the other ruler. This is the first time I'm working with red as a main color -- very excited. I think this dark red and gold together are so rich looking.
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