Half-Square Triangle Migraine
#51
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Two more secrets to hst.
1. Starch the fabric stiff!!! This will help control the bias.
2. Do NOT slide your iron on the fabric. Mash it down. This way you don't distort the fabric along the bias edge.
These are doable. I thought I would lose my mind until I started starching and pressing the iron down.
1. Starch the fabric stiff!!! This will help control the bias.
2. Do NOT slide your iron on the fabric. Mash it down. This way you don't distort the fabric along the bias edge.
These are doable. I thought I would lose my mind until I started starching and pressing the iron down.
#52
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Originally Posted by Candace
I only do these using Triangulations software. No headaches, that way!
#53
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kentucky
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Try "Stitching LInes"--- at http://www.marinandcolusa.com/ I use these all the time for my hst's and they come out great. She's got a tute on the website as well that shows how to use them. Oh yah, it's my sister's company.
#54
Originally Posted by QuiltedAngel
Quilt in a day has a half square triangle ruler, actually they have 2 a 6 1/2 and a 9 1/2 inch... It is worth a shot, she also has videos on her site and vimeo :) <3
#56
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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I did the half sq. triangle the way the Missouri Quilt Co. showed in the tutorial....sewing the sqs together all the way around....cut down the middle and the middle again......and did not have one problem with them. I do think that pressing is the key word here. I never used one pin...pressed as i went and every block came out perfect...no trimming. I made it of vintage sheets and white...all sheets and am ready to make a million more...so refreshing. I swore I would NEVER do those piece and stitch them back together but this was a breeze for me. j
#57
I also use the corner to corner diagonal method as well. But that said it is still important that you press them well not iron as most want to do but press. Don't just run the iron along the seam but press as sewn then open up while still warm and finger press open then press down with the iron to set the seam open you will find less wonk that way.
#58
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I would never do them that way. You end up with bias edges on all the edges. Cut the squares bigger, draw the line down the center and sew a quarter inch away and then trim them down. The rule is to add 7/8ths of an inch but you can add an inch or even an inch and a quarter and the square them up to perfect.
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