Monday, August 31, 2015

Make a Quilt Triangle with The Quilt Ladies

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How to Make a Quilt Triangle

Just like the square if you are not ready to purchase a rotary cutter and mat. You will need to make a freezer paper pattern.  How to do Square's HERE

Take the FINISHED size of the square you want and add 7/8 of an inch.
example:
for a finished size 2 inch square you will cut your fabric 2 7/8" x 2 7/8"
for a finished size 3 inch square you will cut your fabric 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"

for a finished size 4 inch square you will cut your fabric 4 7/8" x 4 7/8"

And so on, either make you freezer paper pattern or up with a rotary cutter and ruler.


Tutorial to make a quilt triangle



I've used a 3 inch FINISHED Square cut 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"

A light and a dark.







How to make a quilt triangle
On the Wrong side of the light fabric draw a line from corner to corner.




This is the cutting line NOT sewing line





How to make a quilt triangle

On your sewing machine sew a straight seam, 1/4" from the line.








How to make a quilt triangleTurn and do the same thing on the other side.

(when I have many to sew, I do chain piecing, one right after another, not stopping the machine until all finished and then turn and do the other side)

If NEW do them one at a time.



Tutorial to make a quilt triangle
Cut on the drawn Cutting line.



You have 2 triangles







Open them up and 2 triangles






How to make a quilt triangle


Press your seam to the dark fabric and trim the end tail off.







How to make a quilt triangle
This is your finished triangle


GIVE IT A TRY.... IT'S NOT HARD.








I recently posted a block on Facebook and there was a lot of take about points.

Here's how I do it.


how to not cut off triangle points in quilting

Pieced together a triangle to a block



how to not cut off triangle points in quilting

Added this as a strip to another piece.  Pin as much as you need, check as you pin to make sure
you have the 1/4 seam allowance. 



how to not cut off triangle points in quilting

On this seam I had to move the needle in just 2 threads to make the point perfect.

Press the fabric 



how to not cut off triangle points in quilting

The point. 

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