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Tuesday
08Aug2006

Step 5

Press seams toward the darker fabric and trim any excess fabric peeking out at the corners. Voila!

stepfive.jpg We used an Olfa Rotary cutter and a Creative Grids non-slip ruler for this project.

Posted on DateAugust 8, 2006 Authorpurl bee Print ArticlePrint | Comment6 Comments

Reader Comments (6)

I just tried this and it works beautifully. Thanks for posting it. (I'm an instructional designer and I must compliment you on your clear, concise directions.)
August 11, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterNance Hahn
Nance,
Thank you! I'm so glad it worked well for you. We'll have more tutorials appearing on the purl bee as we continue to develop our site.
August 12, 2006 | Registered Commenterpurl bee
It would be great if you can also provide the template in .pdf format. Anyway, I loved the site and keep those patchwork projects coming.
August 20, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle
Dear Michelle,
Thank you so much for your comments. When we do tutorials for odd shapes you can be assured that we will include downloadable pdfs with the instructions.

The beauty of this triangle technique is that it doesn't require any templates. Just a ruler, a pencil, some pins and a rotary cutter. It works for any right angle triangle, just make your square 7/8ths inches larger than the finished piece (3/8 inch for the diagonal seam, and 1/2 inch for the square seams).

Stay tuned for odd shapes with pdfs!
August 20, 2006 | Registered Commenterpurl bee
This is really brilliant! I've sewn lots of triangles and it's really hard to keep them from slipping around, and then not aligning when sewn together. This solves that problem perfectly. Thanks for posting this.

I just discovered your blog and love it. So, I'll be checking back frequently to see what else you're up to.
August 29, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterjanet
I love this technique, but I'm a little confused as to how you get the lengthwise and crosswise grains to square up accordingly (it was always stressed to me that this was important; otherwise the blocks will stretch). Or is that really not necessary? Thanks.
December 30, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermary

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