Originally Posted by
DogHouseMom
yes what Tartan said.
A word of caution though. All three of your triangles have bias edges. You will be sewing two bias edges together - the two edges of the green triangle to each edge of the rose and cream triangle.
Bias edges STRETCH.
You can do a few things to stabilize those edges.
Heavy starch (and I do mean HEAVY and STIFF)
Paper or some other tear away stabilizer.
Because the pieces are already cut I would opt for a paper stabilizer. If you were to starch them now and iron them I could almost guarantee they will skew under the dampness from the starch and the iron.
Sue,
thanks a bunch for your reminder about bias edges - had I the time, resources, and more time, (I think there's a pattern here!) I would have been reminded BEFORE I committed to my fabric cutting and avoided that completely. Live and learn!
I understand the stabilizer technique - although, brand new baby quilter/sewist here, I have only read about it. As I proceed forward with my learning, I will put these ideas into practice. For now, I am just getting the pieces done best as I can - my job and real life stuff currently "deletes" whatever time I might have for my hobbies.
Every tip or helpful hint is very much appreciated!
Adam