I dont know what it is about triangles. I can do circles, I can do complicated paper piecing but I cannot do triangles.
I get the colors on the wrong side. I sew the wrong sides together, making a square not a larger triangle. Luckily I have extra fabric.
Intellectually, I understand them....but somehow I cannot get them tamed. I have two quilts going right now that are triangles. I am finishing these and never doing another one.
But for right now, I think I might just stop and have a margarita.
Have you ever tried using some of the colored dots on the right side of the fabric ? When I was having trouble with a particular pattern, not triangles, I used small dots, and also ran a piece of thread and knotted it in the area where I wanted to join, and left the long tails, because the fabric was so close in color and I wanted to be sure I was sewing on the wrong side of the fabric. That really worked well for me. Good luck Gerbie
Quiltaddict
01-09-2011 07:43 PM
I don't like making triangles either. I always use Triangles on a Roll or Triangulations.
k9dancer
01-09-2011 07:54 PM
Originally Posted by danece
when I have a fabric that is close pattern or color so that I have a hard time getting the right side fr0m the wrong side, I take a marking pencil that contrasts with the fabric and mark on the wrong side with a squiggly line so I can see it after it is cut
My feeling is if the value or color is so close as to be that hard to tell the difference, I don't worry about it if the occasional piece is sewn in backward. One time, I actually sewed several more in backward, scattered them about the top, and it looked like it was supposed to be that way.
Berta48
01-09-2011 08:08 PM
That is ONE reason I love my AccuQuilt GO!! Which is only 217.00 now at Quilting Warehouse and I paid over 300.00 for mine. And I thought I was getting a great deal. It pays to search the web!!
argranny
01-09-2011 09:11 PM
I make them all the time, but I used thangles most of the time. they are very easy to use.
wildyard
01-09-2011 09:38 PM
Originally Posted by amma
LOL I sew them on the wrong sides too... unsew them and then do it again ROFLMBO Could I have some salt on the rim of a margarita too? :D:D:D
LOL, can I join the party? I have paid my dues. I'll take mine frozen please.
craftyone27
01-09-2011 09:44 PM
I bought the Triangulations CD ROM by Brenda Henning - you can print out papers for any size triangles you need. It is the easiest way to do triangles that I have used and I love it!!
cathyvv
01-09-2011 09:49 PM
Been there, done all that. Will no doubt do it again!
amalia64
01-09-2011 10:11 PM
I'll take mine in the rocks
Farm Quilter
01-09-2011 11:10 PM
Originally Posted by seamstome
But for right now, I think I might just stop and have a margarita.
Hunting for a bottle of tequila to send you! :lol:
