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Peckish 09-19-2012 11:10 AM

What the heck is a half-cross triangle?
 
I've heard a few radio commercials for the NW Quilt Expo that's going on this weekend in Portland. At the beginning of the ad a woman speaks, asking if you're into this thing or that thing. One of the things she mentions is "half cross triangles". Am I missing something? I've never heard of a half-cross triangle - only half-square triangles. Maybe it was a typo by the person who wrote the ad...?

ppquilter 09-19-2012 11:22 AM

I'm waiting for the answer too.................................

LadyElisabeth 09-19-2012 11:25 AM

Add me to the list of waiting to hear.........

virtualbernie 09-19-2012 11:53 AM

You got me curious!

Neesie 09-19-2012 12:00 PM

I got curious, too . . . so did a Google search. Nothing on half cross BUT found some stuff on "hatch" cross (cross hatch quilting)! Maybe that's what she meant.

feline fanatic 09-19-2012 12:02 PM

LOL, this is what happens when you have someone who doesn't know squat about quilting write the ad spot and another who doesn't know squat about quilting read the spot.

sandybeach 09-19-2012 12:02 PM

Perhaps it is the way other countries call half-square. As wadding is the same as batting. If you google it, you get pictures of half-square triangles.

Jan in VA 09-19-2012 07:09 PM

Could it have meant what we also call a quarter-square triangle? It's of triangles and sort of looks like a 'cross'.

Jan in VA

Peckish 09-20-2012 08:19 PM

Ok I heard a bit more of the commercial today, she also said "hatch crossing" which I assume was supposed to be cross-hatching. Now I'm wondering if they're doing it on purpose to stir up discussion.

rush88888 09-21-2012 01:43 AM

i was also thinking of quarter sqare triangle where you cut from corner to corner twice. but, on the other hand, some advertising copy writer had no clue about quilting terms.


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