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teddysmom 05-07-2010 03:30 AM
Originally Posted by ShirleyAnne
I'm just starting a quilt that's mostly half square triangles and the dog ears are driving me nuts. Does anyone have a good way of handling them....cut them off before or after sewing the pieces together? I just can't get them to come out even on both ends. One end is always bigger than the other. So I'm thinking I'd like to eliminate them before I start sewing each one. Any thoughts on this?
Hi, ShirleyAnne, I've just started quilting--am still working on my first one. What are "dog ears"? They don't sound as cute as the real ones on my Yorkie.

Boston1954 05-07-2010 05:06 AM
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I sew my HSTs oversized so trimming is required and that cuts the ears too.
But, over a long period of time, doesn't that waste quite a bit of fabric?

Boston1954 05-07-2010 05:08 AM
Originally Posted by teddysmom
Originally Posted by ShirleyAnne
I'm just starting a quilt that's mostly half square triangles and the dog ears are driving me nuts. Does anyone have a good way of handling them....cut them off before or after sewing the pieces together? I just can't get them to come out even on both ends. One end is always bigger than the other. So I'm thinking I'd like to eliminate them before I start sewing each one. Any thoughts on this?
Hi, ShirleyAnne, I've just started quilting--am still working on my first one. What are "dog ears"? They don't sound as cute as the real ones on my Yorkie.
The dog ears that they are talking about are what happens when you sew two triangles together. When you press it open to form your square, there are bitty pieces sticking out. (I think Yorkies are cute.)

steelecg 05-07-2010 05:11 AM
square up after you make the piece before adding to another?

foxxigrani 05-07-2010 06:20 AM
I am such a bad sewer that I make my hst's larger and cut them down to size thus no dogears. But if I were good and didn't have to worry about size, then I would just snip them as I go, not a big thing, but wouldn't want them in the pinwheel.

Rita

Ditter43 05-07-2010 06:26 AM
Originally Posted by ShirleyAnne
I don't have any templates. That would be just more stuff to find space for. The pattern is a pinwheel in a diamond in a square and I think the ears should be cut off before I sew across them. It's really pretty and I'm alternating it with another block. If you look at this website where I found it you can see how many triangles it has.

http://quilting.about.com/od/blockof...eel_square.htm
For that pattern , I agree with you...whack off their ears!!!

Ditter

quiltlin 05-07-2010 07:46 AM
I cut mine off before I sew, usually, because mine never match either!

Lyn4ty 05-07-2010 09:41 AM
i sew and then snip the ears off as I go, easier to fit seams together and to iron.

sandpat 05-07-2010 03:41 PM
Oversize, then square up and trim is how I do it too. Yes, it will use a bit more fabric, but the ease of the next steps going together really really really makes it worth it to me.

ConnieF 05-07-2010 06:36 PM
Fons and Porters templete is great.


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