Starflower Square
06-10-2010, 09:51 AM
#34
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Our Little Green Acres in NorCal
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I've made several of these blocks and had the same problem with keeping it square; think it has something to do with the fact that you are taking a 1/4" seam on the half triangle square and butting up to the full square.
06-10-2010, 10:32 AM
#36
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Salem Iowa
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Here are some tips that might help you.
The more accurate you can be on your HSTs the easier it is to sew them together.
On the first block - on the rt side if you sew along the last 2" of the middle seam to that outside edge you can tighten that seam and pull that edge into a straigher line. Sew over from the seam about an 1/16" or a 1/8" depending on how much it takes to make it straight.
On the left side I would pick out the last 2" of that middle seam and tack or pin the corners of those two blocks together. Then sew them back together and you should have a straigher side. then trim the block square leaving your 1/4" seam allowance.
My easy to make HSTs and tips
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-37915-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-23252-1.htm
The more accurate you can be on your HSTs the easier it is to sew them together.
On the first block - on the rt side if you sew along the last 2" of the middle seam to that outside edge you can tighten that seam and pull that edge into a straigher line. Sew over from the seam about an 1/16" or a 1/8" depending on how much it takes to make it straight.
On the left side I would pick out the last 2" of that middle seam and tack or pin the corners of those two blocks together. Then sew them back together and you should have a straigher side. then trim the block square leaving your 1/4" seam allowance.
My easy to make HSTs and tips
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-37915-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-23252-1.htm
06-10-2010, 06:04 PM
#39
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: TX
Posts: 1,243
Originally Posted by heavensentme6
Here is my 2nd block I am doing a litte better getting the blocks to line up.It is harder than I thought it would be.
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