Sewing half square triangles / flipped ends
10-13-2017, 07:01 PM
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10-13-2017, 08:38 PM
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This website (below) offers the HST paper patterns for free, in small sizes. You can also buy software, called triangulations, that allows you to print them in any size. For larger sizes, I use the Easy Angle ruler; with that, you cut pairs of strips, much easier than drawing lines, imo.
http://www.quiltingandwhatnot.ca/Hal...-Triangle.html
http://www.quiltingandwhatnot.ca/Hal...-Triangle.html
10-14-2017, 01:00 AM
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Honestly I iron my diagonals and then use that line as my quarter inch seam line on each side. However I usually cut my original squares larger so I can trim them up to the correct size of the end... but I would have to do that either way. I hate drawling in the lines and haven't for years
10-14-2017, 02:45 AM
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This is what I do, too, but I also just go ahead and cut the triangles and sew them together, old style. Works well and seems quicker than drawing lines and cutting.
10-14-2017, 03:35 AM
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A shop near me has the perfect way to quickly make perfect HST! Sundays' Best in Ellerslie GA has their own line of stencils. Linda Camp, the owner, will happily mail you the sizes you need. Here is a link to her video. http://www.sundaybestquiltworks.com/...etriangle.html. After purchasing several sizes I now have a Pinterest board devoted to HST quilts. They are fun, quick, and eye catching!
Be sure to tell her I sent you!
Be sure to tell her I sent you!
10-14-2017, 03:42 AM
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I love my "clearly perfect angles" . Eliminates all drawing of the line on your precut squares.
https://www.fatquartershop.com/clearly-perfect-angles
https://www.fatquartershop.com/clearly-perfect-angles
10-14-2017, 04:31 AM
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Have you ever tried Thangles.? They are strips of paper with sewing and cutting lines printed on them. You pin them to fabric strips of the same width, sew through the paper, cut on the cutting lines, and then remove the paper. Make six hsts a a time.
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10-14-2017, 04:55 AM
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[QUOTE=NJ Quilter;7924582]Could you put a piece of masking/painter's tape on your machine bed to eliminate the marking process?? I've not tried it myself but it seems to me this is much like the 'easy angler' (might have that term incorrect) ruler to put on your machine bed??
I do have the painters tape on my machine bed--all the time and it works great for me. I use it the most for sewing the angle on binding strips.
I do have the painters tape on my machine bed--all the time and it works great for me. I use it the most for sewing the angle on binding strips.
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