Hoping for help with setting triangles.....
10-31-2017, 07:56 AM
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Love what you did here, but I can see the challenge of making the corner stone on the other 3 sides in making them fit. I loved geometry in high school and got A's but I can't remember enough to help you here!
10-31-2017, 09:25 AM
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Love your color choices and blocks! Especially the black corners.
I am wondering if you could put a thin strip around the star block to make up the difference, either in the white, or one of the colors. OR if you re-stitched inside the border blocks seams, the gold and white blocks, just a thread inside on each block, if that would not "shrink" the strip some. (Not everyone's 1/4" mark is the same when sewing blocks. So, if you make your blocks with an oversized 1/4" seam, the block would come out smaller, so wouldn't it work if you WANTED to shrink it a little? At least, that is my thinking theory.) You only need to shrink it a little. Just a fraction in each block adds up.
Good luck. It is going to look great, whatever you do. You have a wonderful start.
I am wondering if you could put a thin strip around the star block to make up the difference, either in the white, or one of the colors. OR if you re-stitched inside the border blocks seams, the gold and white blocks, just a thread inside on each block, if that would not "shrink" the strip some. (Not everyone's 1/4" mark is the same when sewing blocks. So, if you make your blocks with an oversized 1/4" seam, the block would come out smaller, so wouldn't it work if you WANTED to shrink it a little? At least, that is my thinking theory.) You only need to shrink it a little. Just a fraction in each block adds up.
Good luck. It is going to look great, whatever you do. You have a wonderful start.
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10-31-2017, 09:33 AM
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After un-sewing, and resewing lots of the border seams, this may have to do. I will hand appliqué the green cornerstone diamonds, and hope that after the quilting is done, everything will look ok. I made this block as a practice project, and it will be living at my house, either on a wall or on a table, and I now have exactly a 6” square of the background fabric left. I will bind with red....I think! 
. The green borders have not yet been attached-they will finish at 1 1/2”. Time to get ready for Halloween tonight! Thank you for all of your thoughts!
. The green borders have not yet been attached-they will finish at 1 1/2”. Time to get ready for Halloween tonight! Thank you for all of your thoughts!
11-01-2017, 04:57 AM
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It is beautiful the way you have laid it out.
I took Geometry in HS and could never "get" then hang of it - I was - like a lot of people - thinking what the heck, I'll never use this when I "grow up". Little did I know how much it would help me now. I'm learning more now about Geometry then I ever did in HS. I think practical application helps more than from a book - sometimes.
I took Geometry in HS and could never "get" then hang of it - I was - like a lot of people - thinking what the heck, I'll never use this when I "grow up". Little did I know how much it would help me now. I'm learning more now about Geometry then I ever did in HS. I think practical application helps more than from a book - sometimes.
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