Do you Thangle??
#4
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: in retirement
Posts: 1,513
Just another item to spend money on and I would rather buy FABRIC! Plus I have EQ where I can print out paperpiecing templates if I need them, say for flying geese. I make my HST the quick piecing way, cutting out a large square, draw lines, and sew 1/4" each side of line and then cut on line. The next question you will have is how do I do this, right?I have to go through my files and find the formula, and will post it under tutorials.
#5
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NJ
Posts: 1,730
Yes, I use them all of the time. They are quick , easy and accurate. Just bought "Trianglulations" for my computer, but I haven't tried it yet. I'm working on 4 BOM. (Civil War, Chestnut and Vine, primitive Calendar Girls, and Buck a Block with 30's fabric) I don't always finish in the proper month, but I am keeping up on most.
#7
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,376
I use them. You can also download HST triangle gridded paper to try the technique out. The site is: www.blockcentral.com/a-halfsquaretrianglepaper
Be sure that your printer prints exactly the size it says it's printing. Some printers don't print exactly and the preferences in the printer have to be adjusted.
Be sure that your printer prints exactly the size it says it's printing. Some printers don't print exactly and the preferences in the printer have to be adjusted.
#9
A LQS did a buck a block BOM quilt a few years ago and I signed up for it. I didn't care for using the Thangles but I really do like the accuracy I achieved with them. My blocks and the intersections were spot-on accurate. I didn't like the ripping the paper part though.
#10
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: New York City/Manhattan
Posts: 1,316
I hate spending money on something I can do quite as well. I just made 396 HST by drawing a set of squares (3x3) in a grid on the lighter fabric, drew the hypotenuses (hypoteni?) then sewed a quarter inch to each side of the hypotenuse, pressed, then cut apart and pressed open. It was pretty quick and the money I saved on thangles (paper to buy to throw out? Not my style) can be used elsewhere (think: fabric--woo hoo)
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