Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

Fig (^11) Sewinganon-pointarrangement
ESSENTIAL GUIDE lon-point settings
1
Cutthesettingandcorner
trianglesaccordingto the
methodsalreadydescribed.
Arrangethemwiththeblocks
in diagonalrows,asshownin
theexampleinFig11A. Then,
seweachrowtogether,using the
methods described.
2
Sewthediagonalrowstogether,
matchingseams neatly, and
press(Fig 11B).
3
Finally,sewonthecorner
trianglesand press(Fig 11C
and 11D).
Left:Trianglesaddedtoa square
don’thavetobeplain.Forthis
sample,thetrianglescouldhave
beenpiecedtocontinuethe
stripedtheme,asshownin Fig13.
Oncepiecingis complete,cutthe
trianglestothecorrect size and
add as normal
Fig 13 Pieced triangles
Diagonal
row 1
Diagonal
row 2
Diagonal
row 3
C
A
D
B
Fig 12 Making-a-square blocka square-in
Above:Thissampleis essentiallya
square-in-a-squareblock,withfourrounds
ofcornertrianglesaddedtoa centre
square.Eachtimea roundis completed,
thenewfinishedsizeis usedtocalculate
thetrianglesizesforthenextround.Fig 12
showsthebuild-upofthreerounds.Note
thatthetrianglesareaddedin opposite
pairseachtime,usingthecorner triangle
technique already described
SEWING AN ON-POINT
ARRANGEMENT
Sewinganon-pointarrangementmightlookcomplicated,butit’sreallyjust
a matterof sewingrowstogether diagonally, instead of the usual vertical or
horizontal direction.
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A B
C D