Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

ESSENTIAL GUIDE lequilateral triangles

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Re-position
therulerto
drawthe
otherside
line
Drawthe
sideline
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Placethe
zeromarkof
ruleronthe
verticalline
Placethe2in
markofruler
attheendof
the2in
horizontal line
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Therearevariouswaystodrawanequilateraltriangle,suchasusinga
pairofcompasses,buttheeasiest just needs pencil, paper and ruler (a
desk or school one will do).
DR AWING AN EQUILATER AL TRIANGLE
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Beginbydrawinga horizontalline
thelengthyouwantthefinished
triangletobelet’ssay2in.(Asa
reminder,thefinishedsizeis thesize
oncea shapeis sewnintoplace;the
unfinishedsizeincludestheseam
allowanceallround).Markthehalfway
pointalongthisline(Fig4A). Turnthe
ruleranddrawa verticallineupwards
fromthecentremark(Fig4B). This
line can be longer than 2in if you wish.
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Now,movetherulertotheposition
showninFig4C, withits2inmark
at theendofthebaselineandthe 0
(zero)markmeetingtheverticalline.
Drawthisline(Fig4D). Repeatthisto
drawtheangledlineontheotherside
(Fig4E). Thisis thefinished size of
the triangle(Fig4F).
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Usea protractortocheckthateach
of theanglesare60-degrees.Fig 5
showshowtousetheprotractor.Your
drawingof thefinishedtriangleis now
ready to have the seam allowance added.
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Fig 5
Drawing an equilateral triangle
Measuring a 60-degree angle
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C D
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TECHNICALTIP
Usingisometricpaper
is a handywaytodraw
equilateraltriangles.This
triangularpaperusesa
seriesofthreeguidelines,
whichforma 60-degree
grid of small triangles.
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B