Love thangles? Hate thangles?
06-27-2011, 11:17 AM
#42
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I have used them for 2 whole quilts i made called "milky way" by Thangles.
i think they are very expensive but i was new to quilting/piecing and both quilts were going to be raffled off..i wanted them to look thier best! i have some left over for both projects.
i liked them.
i think they are very expensive but i was new to quilting/piecing and both quilts were going to be raffled off..i wanted them to look thier best! i have some left over for both projects.
i liked them.
Firemans raffle quilt
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Ronald McDonald fundraiser (all Batiks)
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06-27-2011, 11:51 AM
#43
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Originally Posted by heavenlyclouds
I have never used thangles, but I love love love Marin & Colusa's Stitching Lines. Check out their site and the short videos. Couldn't be easier.
http://www.marinandcolusa.com/stitching-lines/
Diane
http://www.marinandcolusa.com/stitching-lines/
Diane
06-27-2011, 12:37 PM
#46
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I'm with you. I've tried several times to work with thangles but never seem to get it just right. So, I figured my best bet was to learn HST the normal way and I'm just more accurate. I, too, did a BOM at the LQS and hated every minute of it. Besides, I think it took me longer using the paper product than learning it the regular way.
06-27-2011, 03:21 PM
#48
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Originally Posted by Tussymussy
I've not used thangles but have used this web site http://www.blockcentral.com/a-halfsq...glepaper.shtml and printed my own sheets of paper.
It works like I think thangles work, but I have found this very easy to do as well as successful. I think a few HST's were a bit small, but that was probably my fault, either in stitching or cutting.
It works like I think thangles work, but I have found this very easy to do as well as successful. I think a few HST's were a bit small, but that was probably my fault, either in stitching or cutting.
06-27-2011, 03:28 PM
#49
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I love thangles! I, too, am doing BOM at LQS and have had no problems using thangles in 2 different sizes. I shorten the stitch length, fold the paper, put my thumbnail right against the seamin the center on the flat side and pull the point. It comes apart very ealily.
06-27-2011, 07:16 PM
#50
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Originally Posted by Wonnie
What say you? It seems like such a great idea but somehow I'm just not very successful at it. So I tried a "thangles" block of the month through our local quilt shop to improve my skills. Stitching on the line never gave me a true 1/4" no matter how hard I tried. They suggested that I sew just a thread outside the line which I did but then the corners didn't come out right. I put my thumbnail on the sewing line and ripped the thangle off as was demonstrated but no matter how I did it, usually, there was some still stuck to the fabric at the ends and when I pulled it off it undid the stitches at that end and I had to resew. Plus my finished block was always still too small.
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