Nancy, from Blogging, Near Philadelphia has decided to use her Rouenneries fabric the same way I plan to use mine i.e, Moda Lissa’s Ocean Waves quilt pattern.
Yeah! I mean it. If I see her doing it, I might get up enough guts to try it also.
But, between you and me, you see, I have this little fear of half square triangles. Yep. Mine always seem to get all wonky – I think it’s the bias thing. I think what I’m going to do, first, is make a sample and see if I can get it right before I even let a rotary cutter near the Rouenneris fabric. Maybe, more than one!
This would be the most complex quilt I’ve ever attempted.
I was cruising blogs this morning and ran across this on Sister’s Choice blog (one of my favorites). I hope she doesn’t mind that I snagged her picture but just get a look at this:
Now, here’s a woman that has no fear of these damn things. Oh Lordy. Just take a look at that. Go over to her blog and just start reading and looking.
I am in awe.
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You’ll do a great job on the triangles. I have to do them by hand to get mine to come out. Imagine how long it would take me to do that pattern. LOL.
I’m going over to visit the site you recommended. The quilt in the picture you posted is beautiful.
Darilyn
Hi! Don’t let half square triangles get the best of you. Try the Eleanor Burns method. Cut your sqares a bit larger that the pattern calls for, sew two seams down the middle to create your triangles, press the seam to one side. Now trim those little sucker up to the right size with your ruler and rotary cutter. I like the smaller rulers, 3.5 or 4 ” square for squaring up smaller triangles. You cut off all the wonky stuff and get PERFECT pieces. The same method works really well for triangular scraps. No fussy cutting, just approximate your right triangle size – only be sure you have your 45 degree angle cut perfectly. Good luck!