Old 01-05-2018, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Macybaby View Post
For the setting triangles using a shaded 4 patch, draw it out with the two overlapping triangles that result, and those are your pieces - two apposing rectangles with one end cut at a diagonal, and a smaller triangle in between. This should work very well for scrappy as it will give three aqua pieces instead of two for that spot.

To sew, you sew one rectangle to the square, and one to the triangle, then you have one straight seam that joins these to together (and I'd spin that center point too).

Did anyone else notice that spinning the seams on the original 9 patch had no affect on other piecing? So all that huff early on about it was irrelevant to the final outcome.
Thanks for this tip! I like the idea of carrying on the pattern into the setting triangles. It makes it look more finished and less like everything is floating.

My husband said the quilt looks more like the "Island on Ringo Lake" because of the lack of blue!

Yes, I noticed that about the nine patch seams too!
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