http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQq-5...eature=related

Here is a video that explains the process <wave>

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-8342-1.htm

This is a tutorial for doing a split nine patch, but you are actually only interested in the first part which is the half square triangle (HST) she puts in the center of the block. <wave>

Be patient with yourself.
I just got done reading your question for the THIRD time and I caught that word "tip" ... some people call those bunny ears, or dog ears, or whatever. You will find less bulk and fewer mistakes if you trim those off -- see? that wasn't a bad question. Those tips can make a difference. <wave>

http://www.psiquilt.com/2010/02/half...-tutorial.html

At last! A tutorial that shows what I have been talking about, INCLUDING cutting off the dog ears. <wave>

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2010/...ts-part-1.html

This is a wonderful quilter who is very generous with her time, patterns, and tips. I will also give you her webpage addy, but here is a way to make HST using strips, stitching down two sides, and then cutting the angles ... all you have to know is: the angle on a HST is 45 degrees. On your rotary ruler, you should have a 45 degree line. if you use 3.5" strips, stitch the 1/4" seam allowance on each long side, flip the ruler back and forth, keeping the 45 degree line at top or bottom, you will get the same effect Miss Bonnie is demonstrating in this quilt.
Her website is:
http://www.quiltville.com

she is a scrap quilter and a LOT of fun! <wave>

OK HERE IS ONE THAT i JUST DID NOT TO SURE ON THE HST WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK

This is just my opinion...do you have a lighter shade of brown for the botton of the window or lighter shade of treen for the side? Both the dark brown and dark green are dominating colors and I think if one was a tad bit lighter than the other it would compliment your picture a little more.

Your "Y" corner is fantastic, really sharp and on target, great job.

What ever you do it will be a really great quilt and please show picture when finished!

I have this color green not sure how well will show up

Nope!
I like your first picture. For a test, put the picture on your puter screen, walk away from the computer and look at it from a distance. Some people like a lighter sill, but I like the one you have right now.
When I was looking at other attic windows, I saw this neat technique that you might use that light green for.
The lady had put a sashing (very thin, as in 1.5" strip - - finished one inch) between each block. maybe I should find the link? It wasn't a whole lot more work, and it sort of made the window feeling even more pronounced. <wave>

http://quilterscache.com/images16/ju...ticwindows.jpg

http://quilterscache.com/images1B/delilahsAW_A.jpg

This is what your quilt will look like without the sashing:

http://quilterscache.com/images1B/ritasAW.jpg

I know that there is a higher contrast in the frames in these samples than you have, but I think that it is a matter of taste. I like your sample - - and, don't get thrown by the fact that the directions of the window frames may be on different sides from yours - - it is simply a matter of choice, and you have made yours.
You are doing a good job, and look how far you have come from the beginning of all this when you were saying you had never done anything "fancy" - - you are progressing nicely! <wave>

Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have done to help me get through this hump that I have been in. I will try and get another one done But again THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL WHO HAVE HELPED ME. And Omak you been a GREAT HELP and I appreciate it more then you know. will post more when I get them done..
thanks
Sandy

I KNEW you would get it!
A whole bunch of us are awaiting your new creation - - with many fond memories of the wildlife pieces that you started it all with <wave> (question: How does one manage to avoid ending sentences with prepositions, without sounding like some kind of snotty professor?) ;-)

You can square them up as best as possible, so what if some of the picture is in the seam (artwork sometime goes behind the frame so the viewers eye is lead to something else), frame them (with different colors) and stagger the rows so it's not so obvious they are different sizes. You can use different widths for the faming to end up with all the same size blocks.

OK well here is 2 put together I have had to tear out more then I have sewn...Me and the HST are not getting along to well but this is what I have so far I wont post anymore until I am just about done... But it is going SLOWLY but will manage I guess.
thanks Sandy

What are you having problems with specifically with your HST? Is it that they tend to be too small?
I would suggest that you make them a bit bigger, stitch one corner to whichever sashing you are putting the HST on ... and trim the outside extra, until you can figure out why you aren't getting the correct size.
If you are cutting the finished size + 7/8ths inch squares accurately, then perhaps your 1/4" is off.
I had one sewing machine that was almost 3/8ths of an inch if I used the edge of the foot (which is a fairly common practice) - -
anyway! Draw your center lines, measure the 1/4 inch over on both sides and stitch on that line ... if the square is more accurate and the problem is cleared up, then you can know that whatever you were using as a 1/4 inch indicator is off in some way. <wave>

I have 2 rows done there is maybe 2 out of all of them they may be off just a tad...Its for my bed so not to awful concerned about it...Its my first time doing the HST so I am pretty please with what I have accomplished I have pic but not sure if I should post anymore or not. Dont want to make people upset with me being as I feel STUPID...
thanks
sandy

You are NOT stupid!
You learn by being extremely certain of what you are doing before you proceed.
Sometimes, it takes a lot of explanation to get enough information to step out and try something - - everyone learns in different ways.
And, of course you should post pictures! You can post to this thread and those who choose to not look are free to go look at something else ...
If your HST are off just a little, then obviously, it isn't that big a deal.
Sometimes, we want everything to be perfect and lose our enjoyment of the task - - or, we get so frustrated trying to be perfect that we just quit trying.
You may not have paid much attention to any other threads, but there are a lot of quilters who pick at themselves all of the time, we tell them - - every time you do one more operation one more time, you will get better ... be aware of what isn't as good as it could be and work on improving it, and one day, it is GREAT! Look at a lot of threads and you will find people encouraging others to not be too picky about what you are doing.
Practice makes perfect is not just a cliche, repetition absolutely makes things better and better. Relax and learn to enjoy the learning process <wave> and, post pictures as you progress ... when you get the whole quilt completed, you can start another thread of just the completed quilt ...
Be good to yourself! <wave>

here is some of them my camera doesnt fit all the pic on it at once dont mind the one in the back ground it is old..but this is what I have done so far

Well!
I think it is looking VERY good!
I think you are going to be amazed at how the quilt will change even more when you get the final border on it, also.
Yep, it is definitely going to be a grand quilt when you get it all done.
Is it my imagination or are you even sewing them together faster? See? <g> I TOLD you! LOL (just so you know that I do have a humble side: I did have to admit I was wrong at least one time today ... LOL)
Keep up the good work! <wave>

In my opinion, the only dumb question is the one not asked. If you don't ask questions, how will you learn?
Your quilt top is looking great!

thank you bevf I know that is what I tell my grandkids. I know there is never a dumb question but I sometimes feel as though I am a burden when asking so many question...I have had alot of help from alot of great people on this board and I appreciate all they have helped me with. I am glad I came across this board alot of wonderful tutorials and alot of nice people.
thanks so much to all
sandy

Well I had another row attached but had to take it off 2 for it didnt line up and I had one of the panels on top of the same animal that wasnt to go like that so I am getting there slowly hoping to work on it these next coule wks since i will be off work..for Christmas vacation.
Hope you all have a great and merry christmas and a wonderful New Year in 2011

Sandy - these are looking really good! What a great solution for your blocks. Do not worry at all about how many times you need to ask questions. That is how we all are learning. I'm absorbing your questions & the answers you are getting, which will help me when I tackle this pattern for the first time. So see - you are already paying it forward and didn't even know it! :) Can't wait to see the next "installment".

thanks quiltincowgirl I appreciate it...I am varily new at all this too so learning from alot of wonderful people on her they dont mind the questions and sometimes I feel really stupid I think I make mountains out of mole hills sometimes..they make things look so easy to do but I make it hard on myself...have a merry christmas will post more as i get done.
thanks

well you want to know what really bites is when you get going good on something and cant find the rest of the material you had to go with it. So now I have to start all over and find different colors I had a couple yards of the green and brown but do you think i can find what I did with it.I have searched high and low and nowhere else to look so I am hoping it didnt get put into a box that I threw away a wk ago..that is really going to p*** me off.
so will have to repost new pics when I get started all over

Hold on!
#1 - - if you mean that you are taking blocks apart to attach different colors ... I STRONGLY advise that you not do that.
Perhaps you will not meet your self-imposed deadline, but you know you bought the fabric, you have invested a lot of work into the quilt as it is so far, and you still won't meet your deadline if you have to unsew, recut, and sew again.
#2 - - It would seem to me that you have done blocks into rows - - are you simply going to unstitch those rows and insert the new colors between your base? That is possibly doable
#3, and probably most importantly - - you are working with fabric that is older than new stuff.
At the most, it is recommended that you only unsew and re-sew no more than three times, and I very much think twice is almost too much with older fabric. If you keep messing with the blocks by un-sewing, re-sewing, you will lose the block in the end.
Put the project away for a week, and I guarantee you that you will find the fabric - - right where you put it when it made good sense to put it there at the time.
Please think long and hard before you start undoing all you have accomplished <wave>

When I have unsquare fabric I always pull a thread to make it square up and that way you can cut the rest of the block by measuring from the squared side.

When I have unsquare fabric I always pull a thread to make it square up and that way you can cut the rest of the block by measuring from the squared side.

sorry...hit the send time twice! Silly me!

Oh no! Don't take them apart. Even if you put a row at the top and bottom with another color it will look intentional and balanced. (Did you look in the bag you had your blue fabric in?? You showed us some in blue.) Hopefully you find your fabric, that is so frustrating.