Ninety-degree, 60-degree, 45-degrees—oh my! Patchwork is shaped, if you will, by the angles we use. Can you imagine our art without squares, triangles, and diamonds?
Charisma Horton’s Prints Aplenty uses a 60° triangle atop a square (90°!) of the same print to produce…the illusion of a curve! Meanwhile, the same 60° triangle plus square produces stars in Maria Fuselier’s Circle of Stars.
Abigail Dolinger’s Twisted Hexies uses a 60° angle, too, with a completely different effect. For this pattern, we used our Sew Easy Lesson: Cutting 60° Triangles. You know those lines on your rotary cutting rulers? They’re there for a reason. Expand your quilting know-how with this delightful table runner!
Let’s not neglect 45° angles! This issue’s “theme block” is the elegant, impressive Carpenter’s Star quilt block, which gives…
