So I tried the swirling ... didn't work ... because I didn't see the other replies (I was too much in a hurry)
Then, I came back on and saw the other replies ...
BIG BIG SIGH ... I had to take them ALL apart because I realized I had forgotten ONE tiny step (which had made a HUGE problem)
The template for the triangle has a flat top (not point tip) ... so I had to undo them all ...
Tonight I will be taking the template to all 8 million triangles (ok, not really 8 million, but a lot) and making sure that they are all exactly the same size ...
Thanks for all of these tips ... i will be sure to read them all before I start sewing everything back together again!