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04-18-2011, 09:35 AM
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I dont think doing i this way is any more accurate than doing them one set of squares at a time. However...if you were to use the printable HST paper to do them it would be like paper piecing and it SHOULD be 100% accurate if done right!
04-18-2011, 09:41 AM
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To the original question re: Speed Piecing.......this just means sewing a bunch of shapes/strips/blocks one after the other, without taking them out from under the needle and cutting the reads between each. Sort of sew first, then cut.
Jan in VA
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04-18-2011, 06:18 PM
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I find it more accurate & quicker to sew the squares individually. The stopping to pivot slows me down and can cause the fabric to shift. With the squares, I just keep feeding them through all down one side then cut the thread, turn the chain around and feed them through down the other side.
04-19-2011, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
Yeah it makes sense, this is basically the "thangles" method without the paper.....your making four half sqaure triangels with each "strip"
Here is what your going to do take your "strips" that it says to use and place them together rights sides together (im sure you get that part. lol then mark them on according to the RED lines in the picture below measuring the distance in it states for each set, then draw the diagnol lines Like the RED ones in the picture below! then SEW on the PURPLE lines...Once all sewing as been done CUT on the RED lines! this will leave you with FOUR half square triangles!
to make the quarter square triangles do the exact same thing as above but.....don't open them up and iron them though, cut the HST in half AGAIN (along the GREEN lines) to make a QUARTER square triangle!
Here is what your going to do take your "strips" that it says to use and place them together rights sides together (im sure you get that part. lol then mark them on according to the RED lines in the picture below measuring the distance in it states for each set, then draw the diagnol lines Like the RED ones in the picture below! then SEW on the PURPLE lines...Once all sewing as been done CUT on the RED lines! this will leave you with FOUR half square triangles!
to make the quarter square triangles do the exact same thing as above but.....don't open them up and iron them though, cut the HST in half AGAIN (along the GREEN lines) to make a QUARTER square triangle!
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