Re: Come play with me

Instructions and diagrams:
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham/basic/yankepuz.html
Plus, for lots of triangles all the same: grid piecing:
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham/basic/grid.html

When you've mastered that, try the shaded four-patch units: they really are
magic!
Cedars of Lebanon is an easy block built around this nifty unit:
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham/partners/Psalms/psalmcedar.htm

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Kim Graham
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
THE WORD IN PATCHWORK

"Maria O" <marolsh@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1137109307.298846.136460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Here's a neat trick for lots of Half Square Triangles. Cut a square
> double the size you want your HST to be, plus 1 inch. For example, for
> HSTs of three and a half inches, cut an eight-inch square of your two
> fabrics. Place the two fabrics right sides together, then draw diagonal
> lines from corner to corner, top left to bottom right and top right to
> bottom left. Sew 1/4 inch on either side of the lines in both
> directions. Cut the large square into four smaller ones by cutting it
> down the center, top to bottom and side to side. Now cut them apart on
> the drawn diagonal lines. Presto! eight HSTs at one time. Big fun!
>
> Maria in NE PA
>


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