Know your triangles:
Isosceles Triangle: Any triangle with any two sides the same length. I wanted mine to be 6" top to bottom, so I cut a 6" square, found center and cut off each side to form my Isosceles triangle template.
Right Angle Triangle: Triangle has one interior angle that is a right angle (90 degrees).
To get a pair to attach to my Isosceles triangle, I cut a rectangle 3" x 6", then cut diagonal corner to corner:
Putting them together: You naturally loose some of your width and length when the two types of triangles are sewn together.
Trimming to fit my purpose: Since I didn't know what I was doing when I made my first cuts, I trimmed everything down to 5" square so all things would be the same!
More to come: Yes, I'm making a triangle quilt.
Isosceles Triangle: Any triangle with any two sides the same length. I wanted mine to be 6" top to bottom, so I cut a 6" square, found center and cut off each side to form my Isosceles triangle template.
Right Angle Triangle: Triangle has one interior angle that is a right angle (90 degrees).
To get a pair to attach to my Isosceles triangle, I cut a rectangle 3" x 6", then cut diagonal corner to corner:
Putting them together: You naturally loose some of your width and length when the two types of triangles are sewn together.
Trimming to fit my purpose: Since I didn't know what I was doing when I made my first cuts, I trimmed everything down to 5" square so all things would be the same!
More to come: Yes, I'm making a triangle quilt.
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