Rose_P

It's possible that when you sewed the flying goose block you made the seam a little more than 1/4 inch. The triangle is supposed to be 1/8 inch taller, but looks to be more than that. That's just eye-balling it from here, though. Hope this helps. ~(suggestion from someone who has a whole lot of experience with her seam ripper!)

ktbb

If you visualize, or even mark where the seam line is and overlap the two pieces, you'll see that they will work - the tip of the triangle, or dog ear - will be trimmed off after you sew them together.

quiltergirl80

Yep, I concur. Just sew them together - butting the 90 degree corners and leave alone until you stitch the next row. Then you will cut off the excess - actually, you don't even need to cut the dog ear until the entire block is complete.

quiltgrammyt2

I agree :thumbup: :D :D

Japonica

To me it doesn't look like the top two (white and blue) are lined up properly. They look short to me.

ckcowl

the triangle is larger because it is not attached yet...,still has that seam allowance you have used up in the flying geese block.
the 'tips' should extend a little (that is correct) after you attach both sides you can 'square' up the completed block

AlwaysQuilting

When I sew triangles on, I "gently" fold it in half and pinch to make a center line, same with the piece I'm going to sew it to.
Then I match up the "pinched" lines and sew.
That way it's centered and you'll see the dog ears are equal length on both ends.

bigsister63

This looks like Flying Geese pieceing. The method you are taking about is for half square triangles. You can make pattern this way but it is very hard to match points.

Hen3rietta

It will work out. If you are still confused, lightly pencil 1/4" lines on the backs of your triangle and the connector piece and mark dots at the intersections. If you pin the pieces together through the dots you will have a clearer idea of how they go together. I had a hard time visualizing this when I first started working with triangles too. Frankly, I don't make them this way.

Diana

maryb119

Go ahead and stitch them together. then trim off the "dog ear" from the triangle. The pieces are cut right.