Originally Posted by
Dswiontek
Hello, I just completed 30 each 12.5” quilt blocks. I don’t have extra fabric and would like to set them on point. I have read that the setting triangles and corners require much larger blocks. I’m wondering if I can cut some of the blocks in half for setting triangles and in quarters for the corners. Then cut 1/4” off all sides of the remaining blocks. Would that work?
Thanks for you help.
Welcome, I'm not a quilter so take this with a grain of salt. I would think it would depend on the block. From my understanding if there are points at the edge of the block (for stars or half square triangles), there would be a quarter of inch from the point to the edge of the fabric. If you trimmed all the blocks 1/4" on all sides the points would be blunted when you seamed it. If it was rectangles or squares it is possible that it would distort the design.
I think that a solid or tone on tone would be better for the setting triangle would be better to keep the original blocks the same dimensions as intended, like bkay said --
Usually, however, a solid/blender color is used for those spots, especially if there is no border. If you continue with more of the same blocks, where is a place for your eyes to rest? The idea being that maybe using the same block all the way to the edge makes it too busy?
Perhaps if you posted a picture you may get some more ideas. Some people have trouble posting pictures so my usual response on how to do that is -
We like pictures. In order to post pictures on Quilting Board, you will probably need to reduce or compress the picture to a
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I have found that only the big
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Some additional info regarding reducing images at post #4 and images for the scroll and upload button can be found at #5 of
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Another way to post pictures can be found at
2021/2022, 2.5” Birthday Swap
And how to use an ipad to post pictures can be found at
Uploading photos
Or simply - Make sure pictures are
smaller than 2MB
Click on red "
Reply" button
Click on the
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Click browse - choose picture/s. (only 5 allowed per post)
Once they show up as being loaded,
Scroll over to the right side and click on "Upload"
After the pictures show up as being attached, you can close that window and go back to the screen to finish posting your post.
Some additional notes -
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I have an
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