Has anyone tried the new technique for cutting half-square triangles?
08-19-2010, 09:06 AM
#43
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Has anyone used an expensive software program called Triangulations to make HST? I use it all the time and love it. There is now a newer version that also makes QST. It allows you to print grids for many different sizes. And it is less than $30. BTW, I love the quilts folks show - so thanks for the eye candy.
08-19-2010, 09:17 AM
#44
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I've been a fan of Thangles for quite sometime, and there is another product I've tried and liked if you're making lots of the same 1/2 sq triangles - called Ta Da Triangles. Both of these products work well for me.
08-19-2010, 09:20 AM
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Wow! I just posted about Thangles and TaDa Triangles, but I hadn't seen this method!!! How GREAT!!! I want to go home and try it out now! I am just finishing up a pinwheel quilt and this would have been a great method!!! THANKS for posting!
Was it this one? http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48946-1.htm
That was me. I have a quilt that I am in the process of finishing - this is SO easy - no drawing. Just sew, cut corner to corner, and put the 4 squares together in the pinwheel method. The only ruler you need is one to cut from corner to corner. And I learned to use a LOT of Best Press (or starch).
Check out my blog - I just posted it there last night: http://Marthava.blogspot.com
Martha
Yes Martha. I have you to thank for posting this originally, I knew I had seen a demonstration somewhere, but as I watch several shows I got confused. Nothing confusing about this method though ..... I am converted, and Rhonda's method is also brilliant for using up scraps.
Originally Posted by nantucketsue
Originally Posted by MarthaVA
Originally Posted by hobo2000
Someone posted a method on the board putting 2 squares face to face and sewing 1/4" all the way around, cut on diagonal twice for 4 perfect hst's. I had so much fun playing with this idea, I ended up with a pinwheel quilt over the weekend.
I don't know how to find it again but it was two weeks ago. None of these rulers work for long, I lose them or forget them.
I don't know how to find it again but it was two weeks ago. None of these rulers work for long, I lose them or forget them.
That was me. I have a quilt that I am in the process of finishing - this is SO easy - no drawing. Just sew, cut corner to corner, and put the 4 squares together in the pinwheel method. The only ruler you need is one to cut from corner to corner. And I learned to use a LOT of Best Press (or starch).
Check out my blog - I just posted it there last night: http://Marthava.blogspot.com
Martha
08-19-2010, 10:06 AM
#48
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Ditto, I always trim to accuracy.
Originally Posted by feline fanatic
I've just always used the grid method only I do my grid 1" bigger than finished size instead of 7/8" and trim down while squaring them up. I also use the leaders and enders method for making them with the triangle bits I lop off from making flying geese blocks (which I make using a rectangle and a square) and trim those to various sizes.
This has always worked well for me and I don't mind marking the fabric because my grid marks for the squares are usually cut off in the trimming process and the lines drawn for my sewing 1/4" away are invisible in my seam allowance.
This has always worked well for me and I don't mind marking the fabric because my grid marks for the squares are usually cut off in the trimming process and the lines drawn for my sewing 1/4" away are invisible in my seam allowance.
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