Triangle Tutorial

Here is a quick lesson on how to sew tidy triangles without making yourself crazy.  The sample shown here begins as a four-inch square, although you may use this technique for any size.  The Robertson quilt is composed of triangles of different sizes, from two to six inches, in a vibrant pattern: one large triangle is surrounded by a grid of smaller triangles. These layers make the colorful triangles pop forward and the white triangles shimmer.  Even after one hundred years this busy pattern excites our eyes!

Comments

[mamanado]

This seems like a wonderful technique, and I followed along the steps, but I don't understand the 3/8" triangle allowance - could you tell me where that comes from? (the 1/2" square allowance I understood - standard 1/4" seams on either side of the finished square...but I'm lost on the 3/8") Thanks!

[purl bee]

Whenever you sew the angled part of a right angle triangle with a 1/4" seam allowance you lose just a little bit extra of your square at each corner (1/16" in hieght and width), so the 3/8" compensates for this.

Hope this helps!