Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

ESSENTIAL GUIDE lon-point settings

Somequiltdesignsgive
sizesforsettingandcorner
trianglesthataremuch
largerthanneeded. Is this ok
toworkwith?

Tr ythis...Unlessthequilt
instructionsspecificallysaythat
thetrianglesaremeantto‘float’,
it’sbesttocutthetrianglesto
thesizesneededtofittheblock.
Otherwise,youcouldendup
witha seamallowanceat the
pointofthetrianglethatis wider
thanin.Theexamplesshown
inFig14AandFig14Bboth
startedowith 2 insquarescut
forthecentre.InFig14A, the
cornertrianglesneededforthe
sideswerecalculatedtobe 2 in.
Oncesewninplace,theycreate
a unit 3 insquare(unfinished),
withinseamswherethe
trianglesoverlap.InFig14B,
however,thetriangleswerecut
over-sizedat 2in.Inthiscase,
theunitendsuplargerthanit
shouldbeat 3insquare,but
thebiggerproblemis thatthe
seamallowancesarenowin.
Thismeansthatwhentheunitis
sewnintotheproject,thepoints
oftheon-pointsquarewillbe
floatinginmid-air,asshownin
Fig14C. Youcouldtrimothe
excessseamallowancebutwould
needtotakecaretodothis
accurately and symmetrically.

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On-pointdesignsarea refreshingchangeto straightdesigns.

Here are answers to some questions about sewing them.

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Howdoyoucalculatewhat

sizea blockwillbeonce

trianglesareadded?

Tr ythis...Asa technical

editor,thisis a crucialquestion

thathasa simpleanswerin

theory,butoftennotinpractice.

On-pointsettingscanbetricky

tosewaccurately,andit canbe

diculttoavoidthestretching

thatcanoccurwithbiasfabric

directions.Theseelements

canmakesizesvarya little.

However,thetheoreticalanswer

is,if makinga patchwork

unitthatbuildsoutwardsin

trianglesfroma centresquare,

theresultingsizeoftheunitat

eachstage(unfinished)= cut

trianglesizex 2,minus 1 in

lostintheseams(seeFig 15 ).

It canalsobecalculatedas

finishedblockdiagonal plus two

in seams.

B

C Fig 15 Calculating block size

Cut triangle size

Unnished size of unit

дinseam

allowance

Pointswill

be gappy

A

Fig 14 Triangle sizes matter

ºinseam

allowance