Easy Corner Triangles (and partial seam) Tutorial...

I'm back!

Thank you all for your kind emails and comments on my tutorials.

It makes me happy to know if they have

helped you in any way. 

It's so important to enjoy

 each and every process in the

wonderful world of quilting!

I'll be making this block today...

 and while I make it...

I'll show you how I cut squares and sew

"Easy Corner Triangles"

on any segment of a quilt block that

requires a triangle on the corner.

These are the rectangles that require the triangles on opposite corners.

 I did the math

on what size to cut them...

And went to work stitching them together

 from corner to corner.

One side stitched...

Pressed...

Trimmed...

And pressed again.

When I stitched the other side I paid close attention which direction to sew my seam for this particular segment.

I pressed and trimmed...

And pressed again:)

I laid the block out on my

mini design board

for sewing into a block.

This is where the

 "partial seam" part

of the tutorial comes in!

I use a partial seam technique

whenever I sew four long triangles

around a center square. 

I place the center square and one of the rectangles with RST just like I normally would when I am sewing them together.

But before I start to sew...

I place a cute pin in the middle to

 remind me where to stop stitching.

Like this.

I sew until I get to the pin....and stop.

I don't backstitch.

Like this.

This is the only partial seam that I need

to sew in the entire block.

I finger press towards the center square and lay it back down on my design board.

As you can see from the above photo...

the rectangle segment above the one I have just sewn lines up perfectly.

That's the one that I sew next....

no partial seam...sew both of the segments with RST from one end to the other.

See?...just like this.

I press and lay it back down on my board.

 As you can see...

I am working in a counter clockwise

direction and the next rectangle

lines up perfectly...yay!

I press again and lay it down on my

board once more to make sure I

sew it together right:)

I sew the last rectangle to the

center of the block...

And this is what my block looks like

at this point....

I just have to close up my partial seam...

Like this:)...easy peasy!

Finished block size...6" x 6".

Fabric used;

White = Sunkissed

Pink = Annie's Farm Stand

Gray = ?

I have had fun teaching you some of the methods that I use...

I absolutely love to teach.

You all are the teachers pet...

and you get an A+!!!

xx

Lori