Originally Posted by grann of 6
Originally Posted by scrapykate
I love thangles!! haven't tried any other method. I do find that ironing the dark side up before tearing the paper off makes the paper come off easily.
I thought they seemed expensive for just some paper strips. I bought a plastic thing that you put from one corner to the other and mark in the slots with chalk. I like this method, works well for me.
While you do pay extra for the "paper strips", they actually save you fabric because the way the triangles are laid out; they already have one of the "dog ears" cut off of each triangle. The fabric strips are cut a little narrower than if you cut the full width of the square needed for the triangles. When you make a quilt with as many 1/2 square triangles as the one I made (see avatar pic), I believe they pay for themselves in fabric saved and save sooo much detailed cutting and are very accurate.