My arms are falling off!!
08-11-2021, 05:13 AM
#21
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: northern minnesota
Posts: 2,480
I have some of the dies for my accuquilt and those are my preferred method for doing half squared triangles. I do have to be very accurate with my piecing and sometimes have to make sure that my seam allowance gives me the right finished size. and I do have be make sure when I position my fabric for the cutting, that lengthwise grain of the fabric is aligned with the direction of the cutting....but I really don't like trimming to size after, just seems like another extra step. I have one of the dies that was one I got when the accuquilt first came out where one of the triangles is a bit smaller than the rest....I have been meaning to just throw that die out and get a replacement as it is too late to send back to the factory for a replacement.
08-11-2021, 11:21 AM
#22
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Outside St. Louis
Posts: 38,224
I haven't made triangles in years. I just make simple designs for my donation quilts. Since I don't know who likes them and who doesn't. Sometimes the more I learn different ways of doing the same thing the worst I am for it.
08-11-2021, 01:02 PM
#23
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Mendocino Coast, CA
Posts: 5,007
I'm not a fan of Thangles at all! I've used them in projects where they were specified and hated them. Did not see any advantage as I still needed to square up the units.
One thing I have found very helpful for squaring up HST's in particular is a rotating mat. I love that thing! Still a very tedious process but much easier spinning the mat than the HST unit.
One thing I have found very helpful for squaring up HST's in particular is a rotating mat. I love that thing! Still a very tedious process but much easier spinning the mat than the HST unit.
08-13-2021, 12:46 PM
#25
Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lakewood, CO
Posts: 54
I feel your pain. Just finished a quilt with over 600 2" half square triangles. My first time to use thangles and made a lot of mistakes. Shorten your stitch and do a lock at beginning and end of each stitch line. I pressed mine open to eliminate some of the thickness but will not probably go with a pattern like this again. It was a kit with some yardage cut and pinked so that made it even harder to match up edges.
08-15-2021, 07:48 AM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 847
I am a fan of the Creative Grids 4 in 1 Triangle ruler. In addition to being able to square closed (like the quilt in a day or the perfect slotted trimmer) it will allow you to strip piece those hsts. There is a method that lets you do them to perfect on the first cuts - no trimming!...you end up with a bias edge. (Hey nothing is perfect!) I prefer to precut and then use as leaders and enders - no bias edges. Great way to use up that last 9" of fabric into hst scrap blocks - rather than add to the scrap pile. Yes they sometimes get wonky but I'm not a Everything Must Be Perfect quilter.
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