What Do You Do with the Triangles Cut From Folded Corner Blocks?
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I leave mine IN any quilt I'm not planning to hand quilt, here's why. When using this square-on-a-corner technique, it's easy to sew these squares across the diagonal, press to the corner, and then find you have a bit of overhang no matter how careful you were. When you cut off the background and the middle layer of the triangle, you remove the absolute square or rectangular cut of the base shape...and that makes it harder to line up the snowballed segment to the next block segment. Even if 'overhang' is there, you can match edges of the segments together well if you leave the background part of the 'triangle'.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
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Thanks for the suggestions and comments on the cat (who will also lay on my sewing machine bed so I can't sew). Thanks for the link to the Triangles page at quiltville. I've been to the site but not to that page.
I wish I'd thought to sew that seam before cutting them off. Oh well...next time since every project lately has these leftovers.
Jan, I used your method in one quilt - a skill builder project - but found that I dind't like the bulk.
I wish I'd thought to sew that seam before cutting them off. Oh well...next time since every project lately has these leftovers.
Jan, I used your method in one quilt - a skill builder project - but found that I dind't like the bulk.
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OMY! What a great picture of your cat. They always try to fit into the tiniest places. I use mine for carpeting. Ha! the triangles, not cats!
peace
EDIT: Jan, That is a great suggestion. I will give it try!
peace
EDIT: Jan, That is a great suggestion. I will give it try!
Last edited by ube quilting; 02-24-2012 at 05:17 PM.
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