What does "Recs" mean?
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here is nancy zeiman and Darlene Zimmerman demonstrating the tri recs tools it's a video http://video.wpt.org/video/2174197445/
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here is nancy zeiman and Darlene Zimmerman demonstrating the tri recs tools it's a video http://video.wpt.org/video/2174197445/
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Oh I love your quilt! I'm making the same pattern using Edyta Sitar's Snowbird line of different shades of creams and blues with prints and batiks.
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HousekeepingGran, Above is a link the the pdf pattern "Aunt Gracie's Garden". Elenor Burns "Garden Walk" pattern also uses the tri recs - unless you're brave enough to tackle it without the rulers.
HousekeepingGran, Above is a link the the pdf pattern "Aunt Gracie's Garden". Elenor Burns "Garden Walk" pattern also uses the tri recs - unless you're brave enough to tackle it without the rulers.
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...To be sure I am getting the correct square from your description, as I look at the bottom row of blocks, if I count from the right over to the third block I see a largish purple square and below it is a square comprised of three triangles, one in turquoise/teal and the other two on top of the teal one in white. On either side of the block I am seeing are a pair of 4-patches. Is this the "squared triangle" you mention?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CT7g1NXrL4
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LOL, thanks for cancelling the quiz. And thanks for the video. Again, watching multiple people give directions helps to not only make things clearer, but also to cement the information for me.
I guess my next question might be, what are good brands of Tri/Recs tools? Or are they all nearly the same? I'm not ready to quilt with them but am trying to make mental notes about which tools work really well. I know with my knitting I am gradually learning which brands of tools I really like to work with and I am sure it will be the same with quilting tools.
I guess my next question might be, what are good brands of Tri/Recs tools? Or are they all nearly the same? I'm not ready to quilt with them but am trying to make mental notes about which tools work really well. I know with my knitting I am gradually learning which brands of tools I really like to work with and I am sure it will be the same with quilting tools.
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I have used these and they do make a precise triangle and I had no problem with points matching on a few different patterns. I got mine at JoAnn's with a coupon-final cost was under $10. Normally I only use straight edges -Yd stick-18-12 and 6 inch rulers.
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I think (but am not positive) that TriRecs is sort of a copyrighted name by Diane Zimmerman and Joy Hoffman. It originally was only manufactured by EZ Quilting. The newer ones have the Wrights brand, but if you look on the rulers they still have the EZ Quilting logo, so maybe Wrights now owns EZ. Dunno. Anyway, there's a single manufacturer. I would get one of the newer Wrights packaged ones as they now have the additional trimmed corner on the narrow triangle for easier placement. This is demoed in the Fons & Porter instructional videos.
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