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Old 06-19-2012, 06:46 PM
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hello all well i got the triangles done from Rhonda's shortcut tutorials , so what is a good block to make with triangles its has mainly floral prints in it also do i square up the triangles after i make them into a block or what? should i use floral strips around the blocks are a plain color strips
thanks for help and suggestions, very new to triangles i have only done squares in the past and thought i would challenge myself to learn new things
what sizes of square rulers should i invest in
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Old 06-19-2012, 11:59 PM
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Some cute ideas here
http://carterquilter.wordpress.com/t...quilt-pattern/
Lots of block use triangles
http://www.straw.com/equilters/libra...Triangles.html
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Old 06-20-2012, 02:53 AM
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Yes I would square up the triangles. I always make mine a bit bigger so I can square them up.
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Old 06-20-2012, 05:13 AM
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I make 3 1/2 in triangles out of my scraps so someday I will make a whole quilt out of them.
The best way to square up triangles is with the Quilt In A Day triangle square up ruler. A real time saver since it only takes one cut.
There are countless ways to arrange triangles for a quilt. Seems there was a blog here on the board that showed many of them, but it has been awhile and I dont remember what it was called.
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:49 AM
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Thanks everyone for the ideas and help, i apprecate the links and advise
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Old 06-21-2012, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by joyce888 View Post
Yes I would square up the triangles. I always make mine a bit bigger so I can square them up.
Same here. Y'know how you're supposed to add 7/8" inch to the size? I add an inch so I haved plenty of "play". I just like to have mine trimmed to size right after I make them.
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