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ESSENTIAL GUIDE lequilateral triangles

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Help!I seemtohavetrouble sewing rows of triangles together neatly.

What’s the best way?

Tr ythis...TheadvicegivenforSewingTrianglesTogetheronpage 74

shouldhelpyouseeexactlywheretheseamshouldbesewninorderto

preservethepointsofthetriangles.Creatinga nicestraightedgetotheunit

alongthetopand bottom will also make sewing rows of triangles together

mucheasier.

WORKING WITH EQUILATERAL

TRIANGLES

Equilateral triangles are anexciting addition to ourpiecing.

Here are answers to some questions about these shapes.

Aboutthedesigner

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editorandwriterwho,for 25 years,hasworkedon

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methods,takingthemfromthebasicpremisetotheirfull

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ESSENTIALGUIDENEXTISSUE:

SEMINOLEPATCHWORK

Inthenextissuewewilllearnhowtomakesomeof

thedistinctivepatternsofSeminolepatchwork

Help!Whenmakingbunting,

what’sthebestwaytoworkout the

size of the backing piece?

Tr ythis...Whenequilateraltriangles

arejoinedintorowstomakea

pyramid,thesidesofthewholeshape

shouldbeequalandtheoverallheight

canstillbecalculatedbymultiplying

thesidemeasurementby0.866,as

wedidfora singletriangle.Inreality,

thesemeasurementsmightvary

slightly,dependingontheaccuracy

ofyoursewing.Tomakethingseasier,

youcansimplyusethetriangles

patchworkasa templatetocutthe

backingpiece(Fig 11 ). Placethe

piecesrightsidestogether,sewain

seamaroundtheedge,leavinga gap

forturning.Turnthroughtotheright

side, press and then sew up the gap.

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Fig 10

Cutting a back piece

Sewing triangle rows together

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triangle

1

Whensewingrows

together,asshownin

Fig10A, trim o the dog

ears first.

2

Placethelongestrow

rightsidestogether

withthenextlongestrow,

carefullymatchingup

thepointsofthetriangles

(Fig10B). Thesideedges

oftheshorterrowwill

projectoutbeyondthe

sideedgesofthelongest

row.Sewtheinseam

andthenpresstheseam

upwards.Checkthe

triangle points look good.

3

Usingthesame

method,addanother

triangleat thetopif you

wishtocreate a pyramid

shape.