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With the tri-rec ruler, you need to make the height of all three pieces the same.
Originally Posted by Ngeorgia
(Post 6890515)
I saw this on pinterest and I am trying to figure out the size. I am using the 60 degree tri rec ruler but three don't equal half. Also I am trying the tell the strip size I tried 2 1/2 for the bottom two and 1 1/2 for the center but that doesn't allow to flip the ruler. Any ideas?
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/21462535700051487/ |
This is the classic kaliedescope block only left as a hexi. I am working on a kaliedescope quilt. It was definitely worth the $$ to get this ruler for it. http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/NOTIONS/Rulers/CGRT60
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
(Post 6890618)
THE TRI REC RULER IS NOT A 60 DEGREE RULER!!! Sorry, didn't mean to shout! The picture in the link is made using a 60 degree. YOu need to get a different ruler, or, you can use the 60 degree mark on your 6X24" ruler. Looking at the size of the triangles in the quilt, however, I think it's going to be much easier to get the correct ruler. Creative Grids has a 12" version.
The Tri-Recs Ruler is made for the triangle in a square unit (Peaky and Spike - Doreen Speckmann). The angles in a Tri-Rec Ruler Set are: Small triangle: (approximately) 26.565, 90, and 63.435 degrees Large triangle: (approximately) 63.435, 63.435, and 53.130 degrees At one time I thought that the 30-60-90 or 60-60-60 degree rulers were interchangeable with the Tri-Rec rulers. They are NOT. |
Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 6891229)
I want to shout, too, about this.
The Tri-Recs Ruler is made for the triangle in a square unit (Peaky and Spike - Doreen Speckmann). The angles in a Tri-Rec Ruler Set are: Small triangle: (approximately) 26.565, 90, and 63.435 degrees Large triangle: (approximately) 63.435, 63.435, and 53.130 degrees At one time I thought that the 30-60-90 or 60-60-60 degree rulers were interchangeable with the Tri-Rec rulers. They are NOT. |
Actually, I use the (reverse tangent function) - I don't remember the proper name for it - to get the angles.
I use basic trig and geometry a LOT! (Didn't get much further than the basics, but they sure are useful!) I have learned a lot the backwards way - by doing it wrong and THEN figuring out how I SHOULD have done it! Ah, well. Learn and live. Some things just are not interchangeable. |
They are 60 degree angles. A triangle has 180 degrees, total angles. These 3 are even, so each has to be 60 degrees.
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http://www.quiltinaday.com/shoponline/rulers
E. Burns has the ruler for kaleidoscope blocks, she always has good easy patterns. The block is sometimes called a spider web. |
That is very cute!
I used the wrong ruler once and made a mess out of some really cute fabric.......so I try to remember the old "measure twice & cut once" PLUS>>>>>>>>Look to see you are using the correct angle! |
Originally Posted by farmquilter
(Post 6892927)
http://www.quiltinaday.com/shoponline/rulers
E. Burns has the ruler for kaleidoscope blocks, she always has good easy patterns The block is sometimes called a spider web. |
I did a few of these using the large wedge "ruler" from Missouri Star. I can't find 1 right now so am not sure if I ended up with 6 or 8 wedges but it turned out fine.
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