Originally Posted by sewcrazygirl
I want to learn how to sew triangles without making then look like my 5 year old chewed the ends off. LOL
Cut yourself some 2.5" blocks and use them as leaders, sewing them two by two every time you start sewing and when you are finished ... when the HST follows another sewn piece, the tips aren't so eager to go down into the needle space.
Do you know about chain piecing? That is where you sew one piece after another ... for example, rather than cutting your thread between each triangle pair, you just put the next set in and sew it, and the next set after that.
For example ... if one of your blocks takes four HST triangles, start with the 2.5" block pair (for the leader) stitch your four pairs of triangles, put your next set of 2.5" blocks together, cut your triangles ...
know what? How about I just send you to Quiltville.com?
It is a grand site ... pick any of her free patterns, and she will start showing you how to chain piece, all about leaders and enders ... and you will really have a good time while exploring there!
http://www.quiltville.com
enjoy <wave>