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ESSENTIAL GUIDE lequilateral triangles

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Aimfora straight line

in seam allowancein

in frompoint

oftriangleto

edge of fabric

G

WS

Align

points

here

Offsetnew

piecehere by

in

E F

RS

RS

WS

Match

pointsat

topand

bottom

A B

WS

RS

Align

points

Offsetnew

piecehere by

in

C D

It’sfuntomakeup

yourownblockswith

equilateraltriangles.

Inthisblock,

different‘feathered’

patternscanbe

achieved,depending

onwhereyouplace

thelightanddark

triangles.Theother

interestingfactis

thatif twoequilateral

trianglesareplaced

oneabovetheother

a diamondshape

is created.Wewill

explorediamonds

in a future article

Manyoftheoccasionswhereyouwillbeusing

equilateraltriangles involve sewing them

together in rows.

SEWING TRIANGLES

TOGETHER

1

Beginwithtwotriangles

(Fig9A). Placethem

rightsidestogether,withall

edgesalignedandmatching

thepointsat thetopandthe

bottom.Twoofthesidesare

cutonthebiassomakesure

tokeepthestraightgrain

edgesat thetopandbottom

toavoidyourrowstretching

andbowing.Sewthein

seam(Fig9B). Pressthe

seam to one side(Fig9C).

2

Takethenexttriangle

andplaceit rightsides

togetherwiththeunitjust

sewn.Thistime,matchthe

pointsat thetop(where

there’snodogear)and

osetthenewtriangleat the

bottombyin(Fig9D).

Sewtheseamandpress to

one side(Fig9E).

3

Takethenexttriangle

andplaceit rightsides

togetherwiththeunitjust

sewn.Thistime,matchthe

pointsat thebottom(where

there’snodogear)andoset

thenewtriangleat thetop

byin(Fig9F). Sewthe

seamandpresstooneside.

Continueadding triangles in

this way.

4

InFig9Gtheinseam

allowanceis shown.The

aimis tohavea straightline

acrossthetopandbottomof

theunitandpreservethetop

points on the triangles.

5

Whensewingrows

oftrianglestogether,

maintaininganaccuratein

seamallowancewillpreserve

thepointsofthetriangles

andalsomakesewingrows

oftrianglestogethereasier–

seeTroubleshootingon page

75 for more advice.

Fig 9 Sewing triangles into a row