![]() You can see on the edges of the quilt you will have a couple of light half diamonds (triangles) to keep the edges straight. You will need them apart to assemble the quilt top. You can sew most of the light triangles together, but leave the dark ones separate. This will give you the last (4 th) triangle. Since there isn’t enough fabric left to line the 60⁰ ruler mark along the top of the fabric, I had to turn the ruler around one last time so that the ruler mark lined up with the bottom of the fabric. You now have 3 of the four triangles cut. Notice that the fourth cut is the same as for the second. Turn the ruler around again (back to its first position) and make the third cut. ![]() Make the second cut, this will create the first equilateral triangle. You can see the 30⁰ line at the top of the pink strip. Once the first cut is made, turn the ruler around to get the angle going the other direction. Notice how the staggered starts on the fabric means that there is less waste. With the fabric offset, I just had to make sure that the edge of the ruler matched the angle of the fabric. It took me a minute of turning the ruler back and forth until I figured out which line to use. If you look at the top of the light pink fabric, you can see the ruler mark lined up with the top of the fabric. But for those who don’t, no need to run out a buy a new tool, unless, of course, you are looking for a reason. If you have a fancy 60 ⁰ ruler, then, by all means, use it. You can make maximum use of your fabric if you offset the strips by ½” each. First the dark strip, then the medium dark, then medium light, then the light strip. Sew the strips together in ascending value. It is 21 pages of detailed step by step instructions with 75 color photos. The full pattern for this quilt can be purchased on my shop page. (if you stagger the strips as I show in the pictures you can use shorter strips). ![]() I started with four 1 ½” strips 13 ½ inches long. I would like to tell you how to make the fun little lattice diamond I used in this month’s article (Color Considerations for Scrap Quilts). ![]()
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