How to draw a perfect Octagon..
02-20-2011, 05:05 AM
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I had barely started quilting yrs ago when I made several miniatures.
SC was the Queen of miniatures,doing wonderful work. Wonder if it's the same person?
SC was the Queen of miniatures,doing wonderful work. Wonder if it's the same person?
Originally Posted by Queen Mary
I just bought two books by Sally Collins about making perfect pieced quilt blocks. "The Art of Machine Piecing" and "Drafting for the Creative Quilter" Yes Math. Her method is very detailed and allows so many combinations of after constructing a grid and connecting various cross points. I am just getting into it, but the designs are limitless. Her Piecing book is a wonderful narrative to read. Check your library or Amazon.com.
02-20-2011, 03:57 PM
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It is the same lady. She talks about the small quilts in the first book I bought. Her emphasis is making the effort to cut and sew exactly to make everything work as intended. I still have difficulty with getting quarter inch seams to result in the right size blocks. I do a really scant seam to get there.
02-21-2011, 07:55 AM
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Her work was way beyond what I had the time/interest in doing.Good luck in getting it to work for you.
Originally Posted by Queen Mary
It is the same lady. She talks about the small quilts in the first book I bought. Her emphasis is making the effort to cut and sew exactly to make everything work as intended. I still have difficulty with getting quarter inch seams to result in the right size blocks. I do a really scant seam to get there.
03-14-2011, 03:48 PM
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Did you know that if you take two squares and line the first one up with a horizontal line on your cutting mat, then take the second one and line it up on a vertical line , on top of the first one--you will have 4 points from each square sticking out--cut off those extra points from each layer--- two octagons.
03-19-2011, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ewecansew
Did you know that if you take two squares and line the first one up with a horizontal line on your cutting mat, then take the second one and line it up on a vertical line , on top of the first one--you will have 4 points from each square sticking out--cut off those extra points from each layer--- two octagons.
03-21-2011, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by pdunn56
Originally Posted by ewecansew
Did you know that if you take two squares and line the first one up with a horizontal line on your cutting mat, then take the second one and line it up on a vertical line , on top of the first one--you will have 4 points from each square sticking out--cut off those extra points from each layer--- two octagons.
Voila! a hexagon!!!!!
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