Dumb move on my part
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Dumb move on my part
Note to self - a template is not the same as a ruler!!
I bought a 60-degree "ruler" online some time ago. It arrived and I was disappointed with how thin it was, but didn't really stop to THINK about it.
So I'm merrily slicing triangles this morning and then...whoopise. I "trimmed" the whole edge off of one side of it! Just sliced right through it. D'oh!!
Well, now I have a great template if I ever want to make "wonky" triangles.
Fortunately I was just about done with the cuts I had to make, and the 60-degree line on my main ruler worked just fine for the rest. Just wish I'd thought a little bit more before ruining a tool!!
I bought a 60-degree "ruler" online some time ago. It arrived and I was disappointed with how thin it was, but didn't really stop to THINK about it.
So I'm merrily slicing triangles this morning and then...whoopise. I "trimmed" the whole edge off of one side of it! Just sliced right through it. D'oh!!
Well, now I have a great template if I ever want to make "wonky" triangles.
Fortunately I was just about done with the cuts I had to make, and the 60-degree line on my main ruler worked just fine for the rest. Just wish I'd thought a little bit more before ruining a tool!!
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The quilt I'm working on is this one: (I've been yakking about it a lot on here lately)
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I was just making black triangles to make half-hexagons to finish out the edges when I made my boo-boo. I just now finished sewing the 3rd row together and I am ready for a break! This quilt is stressing me out - I usually stick to very basic (square!) shapes so I'm going very sloooowly to try not to mess this one up. I think I'm going to have to start a simpler quilt to work on between sessions on this one - I have a very simple d9p planned and another sort of random blocky quilt that both need more cutting on and then I can zip those together pretty quickly (all of these are Christmas gifts). But for now...it's time for some dinner and some wine, it's been a LONG day and this girl is just about done quilting for the day! (After I goof around on here a little more, of course!)
[ATTACH=CONFIG]366642[/ATTACH]
I was just making black triangles to make half-hexagons to finish out the edges when I made my boo-boo. I just now finished sewing the 3rd row together and I am ready for a break! This quilt is stressing me out - I usually stick to very basic (square!) shapes so I'm going very sloooowly to try not to mess this one up. I think I'm going to have to start a simpler quilt to work on between sessions on this one - I have a very simple d9p planned and another sort of random blocky quilt that both need more cutting on and then I can zip those together pretty quickly (all of these are Christmas gifts). But for now...it's time for some dinner and some wine, it's been a LONG day and this girl is just about done quilting for the day! (After I goof around on here a little more, of course!)
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