But three is a cool number anyway. How about the three sides of a shape? That's what we'll deal with today. There's the triangle, which is the only (equilateral) real triangle. It's the only one I ever really remember because I finally made a neumonic for myself: equi means equal, and lateral means side. So equal sides is what makes a triangle. [Someone could have told me that 45 years ago!]
But there are also right triangles. And acute triangles. Obtuse triangles. Isosceles. Scalene. I imagine that there are triangles for any way you can think of drawing a triangle. So, as long as there are only three sides, you've got something in the way of a triangle.
Since we're into quilt-making, let's consider how to make a quilt with triangles. They don't have to be equilateral to work, but for this SQI, we're looking at real triangles. By the way, half-square triangles or HSTs, are right triangles, not equilateral triangles. Try not to get confused here.
Equilateral triangles quilt |
2. Continue sewing pairs in this way until you have what may be enough for a row.
Trimming the side to square up the quilt |
But you're working with triangles, so the sides will not be straight until you cut off the protruding triangles. I recommend that you sew one extra pair to every row. Now you'll sew 14 triangles to make your 36" row because you'll be straightening the sides out later.
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