Valerie Scherr

found this pattern on the Jo-Ann site
http://www.joann.com/static/project/...atik_quilt.pdf

Deborahlees

I am in the middle of, but not finished "Feedsacks flowers" from Fons and Porter. I used a hexagon template to make the original center then added two strips, kinda like a log cabin....their pattern adds a triangle to one side, then you join together on the diagonal rows. It makes a lovely quilt, just a little different, and I did do it all in scrapes with just the centers the same and the joining triangles....Pattern is available in Fons and Porter, Easy quilts, Scrap, Fall 2011. There is also a video on their Love of Quilting website, not the shopping site. I happen to use their hexagon template, but any will work. My centers were 3-1/2"

sewmary

Yes, has to be. It is an equilateral triangle (meaning all angles are equal). The angles of a triangle must add up to 180 degrees - 3 equal angles are 60 degrees each.

Its companion shown in the link is a right triangle. One 90 degree angle and two 45 degree angles.

I actually am math challenged but had to bone up on triangles for quilting and for teaching GED Math!

AngelinaMaria

sewmary, I just checked this triangle to my daughter's protractor and it was a bit off from 60 degrees. Plus, when I measured each side, they were not equal. If using the 4 inch line on the bottom side of the triangle, the sides are 4.5 inches. So, this will not work. Bummer.

Geri B

doesn't missouri quilt have a half hex template......and a tute on how to use it.... if you make hexes you will have to y-seam them together?

PenniF

Even using the 60 degree ruler vs half hex - there is no need for Y seams - you can make the quilt in rows - i'll take the drafting / planning time need to get my rows right ANY day over the number of Y seams you'd need on a quilt like this !!

PenniF

Don't forget - seam allowances are on the ruler.

dunster

The Tri Tool does not have a 60 degree angle, so it will not work for this pattern. Here's a description of how that tool is supposed to be used - http://softexpressions.com/software/...zQuilt.php#tri

Basically, the Tri Tool has the same length HEIGHT and BASE. The 3 sides are not the same (so not equilateral) and so the angles are not 60 degrees.

cmrenno

Here's a link to a pattern and instructions for a quilt like your picture. http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2010/03...-supplies.html She explains about which ruler you need as well as directions to use a straight regular quilt ruler.

Colleen

bearisgray

The Tri- Rec Ruler Set is made for the triangle in a square unit (Doreen Speckmann called the unit Peaky and Spike)
The skinny triangle has angles of (approximately) 26.56, 90.00 and 63.44 degrees. The isosceles triangle has angles of approximately 63.44, 53.12, and 63.44 degrees.

IT WILL NOT WORK FOR MAKING EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES (or anything hexagon that uses the same size triangles)

Nor will a 60 degree angle ruler/cut work for the Peaky and Spike (triangle in a square) unit.