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spartan quilter 04-04-2011 08:24 PM
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by tyoung
A thangle is a strip of paper with sewing and cutting lines to make half square triangles. You can buy them in a variety of sizes. To use them you cut out a strip that the Thangle requires and sew with a shorter stitch length. Then you tear off the sewn paper and voila!
I don't like them at all. I got sucked into buying some with a quilt shop and have them stored. I like the fons and porter half and quarter ruler much better.
http://www.blockcentral.com/hst/hst-1inch.pdf Go here to print them off for free. Other sizes are there for the taking as well.
Thanks for the info. I went to this website, but could only find the one for the 1 inch finished size. Was I doing something wrong?

earthwalker 04-04-2011 08:32 PM
Hmm I can see they would be useful for a big project. I am primarily a "scrapper" so probably would not use them a lot.

frugalfabrics 04-05-2011 12:38 PM
Originally Posted by spartan quilter
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by tyoung
A thangle is a strip of paper with sewing and cutting lines to make half square triangles. You can buy them in a variety of sizes. To use them you cut out a strip that the Thangle requires and sew with a shorter stitch length. Then you tear off the sewn paper and voila!
I don't like them at all. I got sucked into buying some with a quilt shop and have them stored. I like the fons and porter half and quarter ruler much better.
http://www.blockcentral.com/hst/hst-1inch.pdf Go here to print them off for free. Other sizes are there for the taking as well.
Thanks for the info. I went to this website, but could only find the one for the 1 inch finished size. Was I doing something wrong?
http://www.thangles.com/order_packs.html
You can order different sizes...

Heid 04-05-2011 12:49 PM
Originally Posted by spartan quilter
I have read so many posts about thangles, and I thought that I could figure out what everyone was talking about, but have finally decided to just jump out here and show off my ignorance. Can someone please explain just what they are, can you make them, do you buy them? Any words of advice or info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
It sounds like others have explained what Thangles are. If you don't know how to use them, there are instructions in the package, plus there's a good demo online. I like to use Thangles for scrap projects as well as "new" projects. At the end of making a quilt, i'll use some of the extra fabric and make some HSTs using Thangles, and then make shoo-fly blocks or whatever block. In no time at all, there are enough scrap blocks to make a table runner or scrappy quilt, etc. They'll help you make accurate HSTs. If you print your own HST grids from online sites, be sure they print accurately. The ones i printed from a site were off by 1/8 - 1/4."

spartan quilter 04-05-2011 02:14 PM
Originally Posted by frugalfabrics
Originally Posted by spartan quilter
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by tyoung
A thangle is a strip of paper with sewing and cutting lines to make half square triangles. You can buy them in a variety of sizes. To use them you cut out a strip that the Thangle requires and sew with a shorter stitch length. Then you tear off the sewn paper and voila!
I don't like them at all. I got sucked into buying some with a quilt shop and have them stored. I like the fons and porter half and quarter ruler much better.
http://www.blockcentral.com/hst/hst-1inch.pdf Go here to print them off for free. Other sizes are there for the taking as well.
Thanks for the info. I went to this website, but could only find the one for the 1 inch finished size. Was I doing something wrong?
http://www.thangles.com/order_packs.html
You can order different sizes...
Thanks again for someone who directs me to the answer. I will probably be doing some of them. Looks very accurate and easy. Thanks again to everyone who helped with this question.

tyoung 04-11-2011 06:10 PM
Originally Posted by spartan quilter
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by tyoung
A thangle is a strip of paper with sewing and cutting lines to make half square triangles. You can buy them in a variety of sizes. To use them you cut out a strip that the Thangle requires and sew with a shorter stitch length. Then you tear off the sewn paper and voila!
I don't like them at all. I got sucked into buying some with a quilt shop and have them stored. I like the fons and porter half and quarter ruler much better.
http://www.blockcentral.com/hst/hst-1inch.pdf Go here to print them off for free. Other sizes are there for the taking as well.
Thanks for the info. I went to this website, but could only find the one for the 1 inch finished size. Was I doing something wrong?

Take off the last hst and inch size. It will take you to a directory.

spartan quilter 04-11-2011 06:59 PM
Originally Posted by tyoung
Originally Posted by spartan quilter
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by tyoung
A thangle is a strip of paper with sewing and cutting lines to make half square triangles. You can buy them in a variety of sizes. To use them you cut out a strip that the Thangle requires and sew with a shorter stitch length. Then you tear off the sewn paper and voila!
I don't like them at all. I got sucked into buying some with a quilt shop and have them stored. I like the fons and porter half and quarter ruler much better.
http://www.blockcentral.com/hst/hst-1inch.pdf Go here to print them off for free. Other sizes are there for the taking as well.
Thanks for the info. I went to this website, but could only find the one for the 1 inch finished size. Was I doing something wrong?

Take off the last hst and inch size. It will take you to a directory.
Good info, thanks again so much. I found the other sizes.

knlsmith 04-11-2011 07:19 PM
Originally Posted by tyoung
A thangle is a strip of paper with sewing and cutting lines to make half square triangles. You can buy them in a variety of sizes. To use them you cut out a strip that the Thangle requires and sew with a shorter stitch length. Then you tear off the sewn paper and voila!
I don't like them at all. I got sucked into buying some with a quilt shop and have them stored. I like the fons and porter half and quarter ruler much better.
I Got sucked into the buck a block of the month thing. Only did a few. Hated them.

patchsamkim 04-11-2011 07:26 PM
I love using the thangles...they work great with strips of fabric such as 2-1/2"....you don't have to worry about the 1/8" increments.
The only part I don't like is tearing away the paper...but I usually save that for when I am sitting in front of the tv.


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