Tartan

Squaring up to 8-1/2 after sewing the 2 sections together worked better for me. This thread is not working properly. I don't know if it is the ads making it sick but I cannot post a picture.

Tartan

[ATTACH=CONFIG]592104[/ATTACH]Here is my trimmed block

Altairss

Looking great everyone the board is being weird about posts and it keeps asking me to sign in although I am . I love the quilt of valor idea. I have more blue strings then neutrals so I think I might try this using a white triangle in the middle.

ckcowl

Great idea! I had Tons of whites/ lights. I ( might) have to switch my triangles to red and use blue strings for half of my blocks- will see where I’m at when I reach the half way point. I used Tartan’s method to square up- it did work better for me too.

AngeliaNR

I love looking at everyone's variations--thanks to all for doing this quiltalong.

Macybaby

I used Jane's idea of going whole instead of strips, and think this pattern also works very well to showcase fabric you don't want to cut up into little peices.

I'm going with the same basic size, 4.5 by 8.5 unfinished.

Started out cutting 4.5" wide strips from my fat quarters.

Then used the Tri Tools ruler to cut the angle. I have the template there to remind me which angle I need to cut. The other side says Light.



Once I have the leading angle cut, I rotate the strips and using a longer ruler, cut them off at 7.5" I end up with slightly shorter than 8.5", but that does not matter as long as they are all the same.



I could get two peices out of teh fat quarter, but if you are cutting longer strips and are worried about getting the angle off, you can use the Tri Tools ruler (it's a set of two, btw) and check that your angle is staying accurate.



I cut the lights the same way, only with the opposite angle.

Then I cut a 4.5" strip and used the Tri Recs ruler to cut my triangles. It's got the "dog ear" already cut off so you can cut your strips the same width as the others and still have it come out correct.



I sewed the triangle to the lights, and pressed to the triangle



Then I sewed on a row of darks, and press to the dark (away from the triangle).



This will allow me to nest the seams when I sew the strips together.



Here are my rows, ready to sew together. I'm going to call this "box of chocolates". This went together super fast too.

jclinganrey

Great, Macy! Thanks so much. Will post my KF blocks soon - - -

joe'smom

Wow, these are all looking fantastic!

Tartan

[ATTACH=CONFIG]592276[/ATTACH]Would you put these fabrics in the light pile on the right or the dark pile on the left?

redstilettos

the three on the left I'd go dark. The greener one I'd go light.
But.....if your darks are all "really" dark, then you could really go either way.

Oh mercy, I'm not much help! Sorry Tartan!