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Old 06-26-2011, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by QultingaddictUK
I have some Thangles but have never used them as I bought this book, my quilting bible: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rotary-Magic...9093476&sr=8-3 ,about the same time and use her method, measure up and trim down, for example 3 7/8" squares = "4, I then treated myself to this Eleanor Burns ruler http://www.eleanorburns.com/shoponli...?i=24805&page= and have never had any trouble with doing HSTs fast and correct, less messing about than paper templates IMO
Those methods use squares to make HST. Thangles uses rectangles. Once you've cut your strips to 2.5 it's not possible to make a 2 inch HST using any square method. You are either stuck with the Thangles or you can use the "Gizmo."

The Gizmo can be found here, http://sallyschneider.com/
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