These triangles are going to drive me to drink

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01-09-2011, 07:30 PM

#51

Gerbie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by seamstome

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

01-09-2011, 07:43 PM

#52

Quiltaddict

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I don't like making triangles either. I always use Triangles on a Roll or Triangulations.

01-09-2011, 07:54 PM

#53

k9dancer

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Location: Mena, Arkansas

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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.

01-09-2011, 08:08 PM

#54

Berta48

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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!!

01-09-2011, 09:11 PM

#55

argranny

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I make them all the time, but I used thangles most of the time. they are very easy to use.

01-09-2011, 09:38 PM

#56

wildyard

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Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area

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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.

01-09-2011, 09:44 PM

#57

craftyone27

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Location: Virginia

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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!!