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If you want to check how accurate your centers are before you cut the units apart, pull back one of the loose corners. A perfect match – no pins! Pull back the corner to check the intersection Cut the units apart on the diagonal line. Two untrimmed quarter square triangles The last step is to trim the units. It’s a whole lot easier, if you use a SQUARE ruler to do your squaring up. I’m right handed, so I position the ruler with the 1” and 1” markings in the top right hand corner. If I were left handed, those markings would be in the top left hand corner. I now need to know the UNFINISHED size of my quarter square units. I want units that are 3½” FINISHED so to get the unfinished size, I now add ½” for the seam allowances. That means, I’m going to trim these units down to 4” UNFINISHED. Now it may be not be exactly perfect, so you may have to jiggle the ruler around or you may have to jiggle your block underneath the ruler. Once it’s lined up to the best of your ability – then trim along the right hand side and the top side of the ruler. Rotate the block 180 degrees. Line up the clean cut edges with the 4” (in this instance) lines on the ruler and again, trim along the right and top edges of the ruler. Five reference points for trimming the quarter square triangles And there’s the perfect quarter square triangle! Units are cut apart on the diagonal line Press the seams. Confession time again – I did twirl those seams on the back. As I mentioned, old habits die hard. Plus I really like the look of the seam being distributed in all four directions, rather than have that final seam across the center of the block. Twirled seams on the back Preparing to square up the quarter square triangle unit Like the half square triangle, there’s a better way to trim these units, which in itself becomes a critical step in making the perfect quarter square triangles. In the photo below, you can see that I have 5 reference points. Since I’m trimming my blocks to 4”, I can use the intersection of the 2” lines on the ruler to find the center of the block. Then I can place the intersection of the 4” on the bottom left of the block. You can see the other three reference points below. Trimmed quarter square triangle Hopefully this tutorial takes the mystery out of making perfect quarter square triangles. With the help of the Husqvarna Viking Designer EPIC to get those nice straight seams and that scant ¼” seam allowance, making these units was a breeze. Don’t forget to lower that stitch length to 2 as you’ll be slicing through some seams. Let's continue this review of the Designer EPIC with some of its embroidery features. Q 56 .com | issue 8 UILTsocial
Designed for the details. Featuring Dual Duty Plus ® Hand Quilting Thread. For more information visit: makeitcoats.com Pattern “Modern Traditional” courtesy of Cheryl A. Adam 15-023 © 2015 Coats. Coats is a registered trademark. All rights reserved. 57
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