How can I avoid a nightmare?
09-08-2018, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
Have you already cut them? If not then put a row of stay stitching on all the bias edges before cutting them. If they are already cut, I might cut strips of tissue paper and stitch, stay stitching along the edges through the tissue paper. If you pin the bias edges to the paper, you will be able to tell if they are moving and correct them. Bias edges are not that difficult to manage if you use lots of pins and can pin them to a straight edge or border.
09-08-2018, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Can you post a link to the pattern?
I would ignore the instructions and cut the triangles so that the straight of grain is on the outside edges.
I would ignore the instructions and cut the triangles so that the straight of grain is on the outside edges.
09-08-2018, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
Making a square and cutting two diagonals is the correct way to make setting triangles so that the straight of grain (not the bias) is on the outside edge. I think your pattern is correct, and you shouldn't have any problem with the sewing if you're careful not to stretch the bias edges while you're sewing them to the interior blocks of the quilt. The corner triangles are made by cutting only one diagonal through a square of a different size. Look at the pattern again and see if this makes sense to you.
09-08-2018, 08:54 PM
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I didn't mark on the picture before uploading but as you can see the setting triangles are all biased edges and I don't have enough fabric to redo it. The thing I don't understand is how she didn't realize what she was doing. I am just hoping that my quilt comes out as flat and pretty as hers did. Thanks to everyone who responded I did try to attach some interfacing on a smaller piece of the fabric on the diagonal and because I was trying to do it on what I already had done it did not work. I hope that makes sense.
09-08-2018, 09:08 PM
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use starch--lots of it. And be very careful pressing (let the starch dry first). Then when all together, carefully baste around the edges--you will want to be sure to support the quilt well so it doesn't stretch from weight. When I put a similar one of mine on the LA I did have to restarch and steam to shrink the places where it was wavey.
09-09-2018, 02:34 AM
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I did it the wrong way and used single cut squares (Figure A) instead of double cut (Figure B) as setting triangles. The hypotenuse (that goes to the outside) is on the bias in Figure A, but on the straight in Figure B.
It does take some imagining, but draw an imaginary red line along the straight edge (or put a pin, if you need to do it in real life), and follow where that ends up on your quilt.
It does take some imagining, but draw an imaginary red line along the straight edge (or put a pin, if you need to do it in real life), and follow where that ends up on your quilt.
09-09-2018, 03:54 AM
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I have done it with bias edges, and as long as you are careful pressing, it's not a problem.
I seriously do not understand why so may people think bias is something to be afraid of and avoided.
The border (inner and outer) was done with ombre fabric cut on the bias and there are no waves in it. And I do not use starch so it's very possible to do. I rarely worry about the bias edge on any setting triangle. I don't think I've ever cut super large squares and cut them double.
I seriously do not understand why so may people think bias is something to be afraid of and avoided.
The border (inner and outer) was done with ombre fabric cut on the bias and there are no waves in it. And I do not use starch so it's very possible to do. I rarely worry about the bias edge on any setting triangle. I don't think I've ever cut super large squares and cut them double.
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