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Home ยป How to Rule Up 1/2 Triangles – Easily

How to Rule Up 1/2 Triangles – Easily

May 28, 2013 by Nanny 9 Comments

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I’ve been looking at a UFO and it has 1/2 triangles in it.  Don’t you hate it when you are trying to mark in the diagonals and the fabric is all squishy?  Let me show you how I solved this problem!



What you need:

An old cork placemat
A sheet of nice paper (mine is a quilting design)
Glue
A sheet of fine glass paper

Let’s make it!

1. Rough up the surface of the place-mat a little



2.  Take the paper and trace around the place-mat.  Cut it out and glue to the place-mat.  Allow it to dry.


3. Take a sheet of fine glasspaper, cut a circle about 2″ smaller in diameter than your place-mat (so you can see some of your pretty paper), and glue it, centred, on top of the paper.


4.  Allow it to dry and then enjoy working on your 1/2 triangles without the fabric slipping!



5.  Oh – just don’t forget to remove it before cutting!!



Until next time
Nanny xx

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Comments

  1. maggie says

    May 29, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    Great idea, thanks for sharing it.
    cheers
    maggie
    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      June 8, 2013 at 4:28 am

      Thanks Maggie and you are most welcome! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. Pam @Threading My Way says

    June 8, 2013 at 3:45 am

    Thanks for adding your projects to Threading My Way. I look forward to seeing more of your creativity…

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      June 8, 2013 at 4:27 am

      Thank you Pam! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  3. crafter1953 says

    June 8, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    Hi, that is a great idea wish I had thought of it though. Thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      June 9, 2013 at 11:51 am

      Hi Crafter1953 and thank you! You are most welcome – I hope you still make one anyway and enjoy using it! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Roslyn@Sew Delicious says

    June 9, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Brilliant! I hate how my fabric moves when I mark it so this is great ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Nanny@nannynotes2u says

      June 9, 2013 at 11:53 am

      Thanks Ros – it is really handy and looks nice when you aren’t using it! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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