Thangles Orion Star
06-25-2011, 01:12 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by Dee Dee
Thanks for posting the link. My Mother-in-Law uses them all the time. I think they are supposed to help with half square triangle accuracy. I've been wanting to make a Hunter's Star quilt, but am afraid of Y-seams. This looked like it may be a good alternative.
http://thangles.com/howtheywork.html
Hope this helps. Have heard of them but never really understood. Now I do. I will have to try them soon.
Originally Posted by jrhboxers
Originally Posted by Great-great granny
What are 'Thangles' - I opened the link, but couldn't figure out how "Thangles" related to anything on it. Think it's my "ole" timers?????
Hope this helps. Have heard of them but never really understood. Now I do. I will have to try them soon.
06-25-2011, 05:53 PM
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What did you think of the pattern in the book? Was it easy to follow, and did the quilt turn out well?
I have made a Hunter's Star quilt: used the method in the book "Favorite Traditional Quilts Made Easy" by Jo Parrott. Her method used HST and didn't involve Y seams.
Originally Posted by vagabondmom
Originally Posted by Dee Dee
Thanks for posting the link. My Mother-in-Law uses them all the time. I think they are supposed to help with half square triangle accuracy. I've been wanting to make a Hunter's Star quilt, but am afraid of Y-seams. This looked like it may be a good alternative.
http://thangles.com/howtheywork.html
Hope this helps. Have heard of them but never really understood. Now I do. I will have to try them soon.
Originally Posted by jrhboxers
Originally Posted by Great-great granny
What are 'Thangles' - I opened the link, but couldn't figure out how "Thangles" related to anything on it. Think it's my "ole" timers?????
Hope this helps. Have heard of them but never really understood. Now I do. I will have to try them soon.
06-25-2011, 06:21 PM
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Dee Dee,
I made the Orion Star from a thangles kit last year. Thangles are OK. My printer also is a scanner and copy machine, so I cn just copy a couple strips of thangles on an 8 1/2" sheet. So they are really cheap.
My problem is that I don't really like dominance of pink and red in the kit. Learned to not buy a kit unless I love the fabric and can't get it otherwise.
I made the Orion Star from a thangles kit last year. Thangles are OK. My printer also is a scanner and copy machine, so I cn just copy a couple strips of thangles on an 8 1/2" sheet. So they are really cheap.
My problem is that I don't really like dominance of pink and red in the kit. Learned to not buy a kit unless I love the fabric and can't get it otherwise.
06-25-2011, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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Bought the book with the Orio 's Star pattern; haven't made
it and don't know that I will.
I have used Thangles. Made a bear's paw and it had
blocks framed with 1" half Triangle squares. I used the
Thangles for these, because those little tiny pieces were
easier for me to handle that way. They can be a little
expensive if you plan to use a lot..but in that instance it
was worth it, as I had hundreds and hundreds of them..king
sized quilt!
it and don't know that I will.
I have used Thangles. Made a bear's paw and it had
blocks framed with 1" half Triangle squares. I used the
Thangles for these, because those little tiny pieces were
easier for me to handle that way. They can be a little
expensive if you plan to use a lot..but in that instance it
was worth it, as I had hundreds and hundreds of them..king
sized quilt!
06-25-2011, 07:28 PM
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Location: Southwest Kansas
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Originally Posted by nativetexan
I think Eleanor Burns has that pattern. her son is named Orion. go to Quilt In a Day (her site).
Eleanor Burns also has a pattern called Orion Star but it is not the Thangles pattern.
06-26-2011, 03:14 AM
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Location: Southeastern Indiana
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I'm making my third buck-a-block with Thangles. We get the strips for a buck each month at our LQS. I'm doing it for the third year in a row. They are an easy way to make a quilt and you don't have to choose fabric. She has it all cut for you into strips, and then you buy a finishing kit to set it together. I'm not good at picking colors that go together.
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