Has anyone tried the new technique for cutting half-square triangles?
08-20-2010, 02:11 PM
#73
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Originally Posted by smitty
Oh my goodness ! I just watched the video. that lady waving an open rotary cutter around gave me the chills ! and not using a ruler to cut those lines ??yike, what a recipe for a really nasty accident. can you imagine your blade angling across & ruining all that fabric--let alone cutting yourself!
sorry if I rant--but cutter safety becomes more important after you see a nasty "accident".
these are bias-square HSTs with a technique first shown by
Marsha McCloskey years ago. early method is very accurate for smaller units,especialy if you have a lot of them to produce, but a little hard to understand until you do it.
sorry if I rant--but cutter safety becomes more important after you see a nasty "accident".
these are bias-square HSTs with a technique first shown by
Marsha McCloskey years ago. early method is very accurate for smaller units,especialy if you have a lot of them to produce, but a little hard to understand until you do it.
cutter, I cringed at the way she was waving it around and
not closing it when she put it down. When I was teaching quilting classes I made sure my students practiced rotary
cutter safety, only had one accident in 5 years and I was
the casualty.
08-20-2010, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by nantucketsue
Originally Posted by MNM
Originally Posted by joy
4 MNM... sounds easy, so that means that where you cut, all the seams after that will be on the bias !!! You will have to be careful....
MNM
08-21-2010, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Mumzbear
My daughter bought a new template for making perfect half square triangles at a quilt show last week.
HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TEMPLATES: Introducing a new template technique for cutting faster, more accurate half square triangles.
I watched the tutorial at
http://templatetechniques.com
I was very impressed as I always have a problem keeping them from stretching. I would like opinions from other quilters as to what they think of this method.
HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TEMPLATES: Introducing a new template technique for cutting faster, more accurate half square triangles.
I watched the tutorial at
http://templatetechniques.com
I was very impressed as I always have a problem keeping them from stretching. I would like opinions from other quilters as to what they think of this method.
I love these templates. I always have a hard time sewing them together and getting a perfect square. I just ordered them!!
08-27-2010, 08:39 AM
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That looks like it has to many steps for me.
I use the wonder cut ruler and I love it. It makes perfect HST everytime & fast,it also make three part squares & lots of other ones.
Check it out at.. htt://www.wondercutruler.com
I have no connections with this ruler I just like it and use it a lot.
I use the wonder cut ruler and I love it. It makes perfect HST everytime & fast,it also make three part squares & lots of other ones.
Check it out at.. htt://www.wondercutruler.com
I have no connections with this ruler I just like it and use it a lot.
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