So, here's my tutorial, and if you read it thru, you'll see what I mean.
For my project, I started with 5" x 7" rectangles. Then I matched them up into pairs.
Place each pair right sides together, and draw a diagonal line on each pair. If you want all you pairs to be identical, draw all the lines the same. If you want to be able to form a diamond with your HSR's, draw some top left to lower right, and some top right to lower left. (This is the part I forgot!)
Cut along the drawn line. Take them to your ironing board and press the seams open. Go back to your cutting board and true them up to 4.5" x 6.5".
I haven't stitched these together, but you can see how you can turn them to get different looks.
This is my "cheat-sheet". If I want to make diamonds I need to do half one way and half the other.
May your bobbins always be full,
I never knew you could do that a thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and have to tell you that my name is also Janice Elaine. I showed this to my husband and he said "Oh no another one".:-) I love quilting and I also teach a FMQ classes at a local shop
ReplyDeleteI did a tutorial on this a while ago to be used in a bee where i wanted everyone to make me these blocks. One of my members was way more saavy with the math than I was (and more particular about her points). The way you (and I) have done them, the points get eaten into the seam. if you are interested, I added her tips to my post here: (http://myfabricobsession.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-month-for-make-it-modern.html) I will say, I still struggled with getting them "perfect".
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