skavanau

I made this square and my points dont come together...Im frustrated. What did I do wrong?

karielt

I think its because you didn't use a scant 1/4 inch seam

Bluphrog

Also, it looks like your half square triangles are not square and they are not all the same size. This is very important when you are making pinwheels.

skavanau

I thought I was using the 1/4 inch and I measured and re measured my square. Ill ripp out and see what I can do. Thanks sharon

raptureready

Try pinning. I know, I hate it too but sometimes it really helps.
Pinwheels are rather hard I think.

shaverg

Make sure where your points come together you have 1/4" to sew other wise you will sew in part of the point, if you don't at the point sew a little less than a scant 1/4".

Pam in WV

I'm not sure how you put the triangles together, but try this. Cut a green square and a print square at least 1/2" larger than the block is suppose to be with the seam allowance. Place them face together, draw the line from the left top corner to the right bottom corner. Sew scant 1/4" inch on both sides of the drawn line and then cut down the middle. You will need 4 of these to make the whole block. Press the seams and trim to the size you want them to be. I hope I have confused you.

karielt

I think I would press your seams different too. Press all seams to the dark fabric.

RedGarnet222

Ditto to all that was said before. But the pressing is very important when making something that has so many intersecting seams in the middle. Press them going all the same way around in a circle. Then the seam allowance is distributing the bulk around and it makes it lay right. (This has to be done while you are making the block pieces to make the block.) So, when it is put together it swirls in one direction.
Pressing is a big part of quilting. I use a dry iron and pressing is an up and down motion. Don't scrub! bias will grow and distort very easily.

MadQuilter

What method did you use to sew your HSTs? When your HST is done, do you check that it is square and that each half of the triangle goes perfectly into the corner. Your HST on the bottom left seems to be spot on - the one on the bottom right shows more of the solid green than the pattern where it comes to a point.

Then you seem to have taken a bigger bite than a 1/4" when sewing the two sides together.

You may want to try a paper-pieced version for a change. Or, sew them oversized and trim them down. Don't forget, if you sew them oversized and trim, you must align the 45degree line on the bias where the triangles meet. If you just square the block without that alignment, you'll end up right back where you started.

Don't worry, HSTs can take a while to get perfect.