3" finished triangle
05-03-2009, 09:53 AM
#21
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I wnt to a basic quilters class early on, and the teacher's first question was "What is 7/8? What does it mean to you?" We mulled it around a while and she finally told us that 7/8 is what you add to a square to get the half square triangle you want! Add 1-1/4 for a quarter square triangle. It was so simple and stuck in my mind every since. Love your picture.
05-06-2009, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
I really enjoy cutting the fabric.
ESPECIALLY when I have the sense to change my dull blade to a nice, sharp new blade in the rotary cutter.
ESPECIALLY when I have the sense to change my dull blade to a nice, sharp new blade in the rotary cutter.
are you craceee??? you like cutting fabric, LOL...you have an official spot here at the funny farm, anytime you want it, if you like to do all the cutting. It is my least favorite part. You must be really good at it.
I guess, part of mine, is visual probs, make me slow to place templates or rulers, gotta line, and reline them up, sometimes...then, I can only stand or bend over, for so long,...lights make me hot...but gotta have them.....yada, yada, yada...please tell me, what you like about it. Maybe I could change my perspective. :D
05-06-2009, 11:02 AM
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Interesting, this is being done with HSTs. I did a Lone Star quilt, which has similar diamonds in it. I used a method, I saw on Fons & Porters Love of Quilting. It involved sewing strip sets together. Cutting the strip sets on 60 degrees to make strips of diamonds. Then sewing the diamond strips together to form 1/8 of the star. Sewing the diamond strips together was the hardest. The show went into how to pin the diamond strips together to get the points aligned. I found it to be pretty easy.
05-08-2009, 10:19 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by Barb M
280 bucks??? i saw 29 bucks on their page, where am i lost??? lol
Funny, when i look at a pattern, i look for the best and easiest way to do it. I don't see any triangles, except for your huge set=in triangles, what i see is the opportunity for strip piecing, and then you just cut your strips on an angle.
Funny, when i look at a pattern, i look for the best and easiest way to do it. I don't see any triangles, except for your huge set=in triangles, what i see is the opportunity for strip piecing, and then you just cut your strips on an angle.
I don't understand but I accept that all people work in different ways.
tim in san jose
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