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Kassaundra 01-25-2017 05:01 AM

Annaquilts that video was great, I need to try that.

Barbpr 01-25-2017 07:39 AM

Thanks for the Alex Anderson video. Very helpful.

bjdemir 01-25-2017 11:33 AM

Can you salvage them by making pot holders? They are always useful. You have gotten great help from others so I won't add to it. Good luck.

jmoore 01-26-2017 03:33 AM

Thank you Annaquilts for sharing that wonderful HGTV video...I can't wait to try it.

dms 01-26-2017 05:13 AM

I am a big fan of paper piecing. I could not get my flying geese to come out for the life of me. I have the Triangulations program that allows me to print whatever size I need. I had perfect flying geese after having no success with all the rulers and all the different methods. Good luck!

Mimmis57 01-26-2017 06:46 AM

Have you tried paper piecing? I love that supposedly simple block but have such a hard time with it I had to do a few for a wall hanging recently and I ended up paper piecing them and they turned out pretty well. I've tried the Deb Tucker ruler and didn't have too much luck but that's just me. Good luck

joe'smom 01-26-2017 06:53 AM

Could someone describe what the process would be for paper piecing this block? The only paper piecing I've done is string blocks, but maybe that is foundation piecing rather than paper piecing.

AUQuilter 01-26-2017 01:37 PM

Annaquilts, I just watched the video! This looks so much easier and faster, too. Thanks for posting.

gailani 01-28-2017 06:51 AM


Originally Posted by gailani (Post 7748389)
I need help! Just attempted to make 12 of these for a quilt and they turned out terrible! I actually ordered more fabric and am going to discard these. Could not get them to square up correctly so that I had 1/4" on each corner of the diamond. Then, of course, when I sewed the blocks together, none of my points matched. They look terrible. I read every tutorial I could find on the internet with no luck. Can anyone give me any tips on how to sew these correctly? My scant 1/4" seam is accurate. At wit's end. Thank you for any help!

Thank you for recommending the Deb Tucker square squared ruler. My square in a square block turned out first time!!

Janice Thompson 01-28-2017 01:18 PM

If you are going to scrap these blocks, make a charity quilt


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