Hi everyone,
Quilter Going Bananas has a few tutorials on her blog and once I started digging a bit further there’s one on Half Square Triangles and Quarter Square Triangles. If you haven’t taken a class on perfecting these I suggest you do as there are so many blocks that incorporate these in the patterns we choose and it can be very frustrating when they don’t come out precise.
{from Quilter Going Bananas}
{from my pizza box challenge}
Several years ago, I took a class on Half Square Triangles and Quarter Square Triangles – well two classes actually part one and two. Joanne Middleton from Patchwork School House is an Alberta teacher and lecturer. She has a barrage of courses available to take and she travels all over Alberta, it just depends on how busy her schedule is to book with her.
This class I took was so great it taught me something like a dozen methods to do half square triangles and most of them proved to be easy and accurate – some I just tried the technique and then I chose the one I liked the best!
She sells DVD’s and has been featured on QNN – check out her site when you have a chance, she is an amazing teacher and person.
Joanne also has quite a few very cute patterns.
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Have a great creatively inspired day…
Love your pizza box challenge block! The fabrics are beautiful!
Here’s what I sent to Jocelyn as a response to her comment:
Hi Jocelyn, thanks so much for leaving a comment on my blog. The pizza block is made of a combination of silk baticks and dupioni silks – isn’t it just stunning…even though we are supposed to keep the finished block a secret from the receiver I showed her and she loved it!
Valerie