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I much prefer not using the folded corner method, however I'm currently doing a pattern that uses it extensively, Dinosaurs by Elizabeth Hartman, and it would be a lot of work to figure out another method. I find that I have to sew just to the side of the middle line, or my corners end up too small. I don't mark, just use the stitching lines on my sewing table (it's a decal that goes over the machine bed). I line up the target corner just over the stitching guideline. I use my regulars ruler to trim off the corners, to leave a 1/4" allowance. So far everything is coming out fine.

I get good results with the Simple Folded Corners mini; you have to sew scant, aiming for just outside the point. I got pretty wonky results with the square and drawn line method.

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Originally Posted by Irishrose2 (Post 8561610)

I prefer the square sewn to the corner and the excess cut off. I know it wastes fabric, but it comes out so exact that way. I fold and press my diagonal rather than draw a line. I sew two threads off the fold toward the corner. That allows the fold to use up a little space.

This is how I do it as well. That way I'm not sewing directly on a line but just shy of the fold line. It works well.