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.
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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,sewa in
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.Sewthe inseam
andthenpresstheseam
upwards.Checkthe
triangle points look good.
3
Usingthesame
method,addanother
triangleat thetopif you
wishtocreate a pyramid
shape.