How to fill in triangle gaps when going on a diagonal?

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08-19-2015, 06:21 AM

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soccertxi

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Originally Posted by Tartan

Bonnie Hunter has information on her site www.quiltville.blogspot.ca on figuring out setting triangles. She also has great free patterns under the free pattern tab.

What Tartan said. Here is a link to that page-

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...nt-quilts.html

08-19-2015, 08:30 AM

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Genden

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Originally Posted by soccertxi

What Tartan said. Here is a link to that page-

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...nt-quilts.html

I just finished a top with blocks set on the diagonal. I didn't know how to measure for setting triangles, so I googled setting triangles and came up with this exact formula. It works perfectly.

08-20-2015, 05:35 AM

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maviskw

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One thing I have found to be very necessary. MAKE THEM BIGGER. After they are sewn onto the rows and the rows sewn together, I put my ruler on the tips of two of the blocks and cut 1/4 inch away from that for the seam allowance. Sometimes it pays to leave more than 1/4 inch and make the blocks "float".

08-20-2015, 06:31 AM

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DOTTYMO

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Originally Posted by maviskw

I agree make triangles bigger so you can trim down to correct size.

08-26-2015, 07:34 PM

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qltrwannab

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This is a beautiful quilt!! Love the colors ! I am going to have to put this one on my to-do list !

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Originally Posted by katier825

I cut the blocks in half for the triangle units when I made this. I just trimmed the edges of the quilt down before adding the borders. It's so busy, I didn't feel it took away from the look by doing so.

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