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It's possible that when you sewed the flying goose block you made the seam a little more than 1/4 inch. The triangle is supposed to be 1/8 inch taller, but looks to be more than that. That's just eye-balling it from here, though. Hope this helps. ~(suggestion from someone who has a whole lot of experience with her seam ripper!)
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If you visualize, or even mark where the seam line is and overlap the two pieces, you'll see that they will work - the tip of the triangle, or dog ear - will be trimmed off after you sew them together.
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Yep, I concur. Just sew them together - butting the 90 degree corners and leave alone until you stitch the next row. Then you will cut off the excess - actually, you don't even need to cut the dog ear until the entire block is complete.
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Originally Posted by quiltergirl80
Yep, I concur. Just sew them together - butting the 90 degree corners and leave alone until you stitch the next row. Then you will cut off the excess - actually, you don't even need to cut the dog ear until the entire block is complete.
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To me it doesn't look like the top two (white and blue) are lined up properly. They look short to me.
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the triangle is larger because it is not attached yet...,still has that seam allowance you have used up in the flying geese block.
the 'tips' should extend a little (that is correct) after you attach both sides you can 'square' up the completed block |
When I sew triangles on, I "gently" fold it in half and pinch to make a center line, same with the piece I'm going to sew it to.
Then I match up the "pinched" lines and sew. That way it's centered and you'll see the dog ears are equal length on both ends. |
Originally Posted by earthwalker
I'm a bit confused too...but usually when you use the "whatever" and 7/8ths bits - you put 2 together, draw a line down the middle sew 1/4 inch either side of the line, then cut along the line...this then would give the right measure....Hope this makes sense...would really have to see the rest to work out if this is correct.
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It will work out. If you are still confused, lightly pencil 1/4" lines on the backs of your triangle and the connector piece and mark dots at the intersections. If you pin the pieces together through the dots you will have a clearer idea of how they go together. I had a hard time visualizing this when I first started working with triangles too. Frankly, I don't make them this way.
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Go ahead and stitch them together. then trim off the "dog ear" from the triangle. The pieces are cut right.
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