Question on Block Assembly
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By the way, when I first saw the technique of drawing the diagonal line and sewing on it, I called it a "fabric wasteful" technique and kept to my old school traditional way of piecing and cutting triangles -- that was maybe 20 years ago. But the thing with small triangles is that sometimes you have as much fabric in the seam allowance as you do showing on the top and so with under 2" squares, there is very little real waste and for the last 10 or so years it is my go-to method for little triangles. Plus it is faster to cut even with drawing those lines, it is easier to figure out the correct cutting size when adjusting patterns to your desired size, you get more precise lines/angles, and it is fast and easy to sew as well especially for those of us with vision issues. While leaders/enders help, sometimes those tiny little triangle tops still get sucked into the machine while chain piecing.
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I designed this block for a quilt using EQ8. I am a fan of Deb Tucker's rulers, and have most of them. So instead of making a bunch of HST's for the block, I looked at the shapes, and though I could make this with V block, flying geese, and pickets. It saves 12 seams in each block. Is this silly? or reasonable? I am not sure if less seams are better, or just an aesthetic difference. Thanks for any advice, or thoughts on construction.
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I designed this block for a quilt using EQ8. I am a fan of Deb Tucker's rulers, and have most of them. So instead of making a bunch of HST's for the block, I looked at the shapes, and though I could make this with V block, flying geese, and pickets. It saves 12 seams in each block. Is this silly? or reasonable? I am not sure if less seams are better, or just an aesthetic difference. Thanks for any advice, or thoughts on construction.
Sewing as few pieces as possible is good for me.
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 05-24-2019 at 03:48 PM. Reason: shouting/all caps
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