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Bias square

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quiltingangel
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Bias square

Post by quiltingangel » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:01 pm

Hi again, ladies, Can anyone tell me what a bias square is? Thanks!

Kittyquilt9292
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Re: Bias square

Post by Kittyquilt9292 » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:22 pm

I'm interested to know, too. Never heard of one. Mathematically, how can that be? carol/kittyquilt

gmaann
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Re: Bias square

Post by gmaann » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:39 pm

I guess if you make one cut on the bias, all sides of a square will be on the bias - but where is one asked for? Clue us in, quiltingangel!!

quiltingangel
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Re: Bias square

Post by quiltingangel » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:41 am

I am in a small quilt group and we take turns making blocks for each other. The block for this month is, 'paddle star' and it says to cut bias squares. I have tried googling the pattern, but cannot find any. The directions on the page we received are not very clear.

sewbug
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Re: Bias square

Post by sewbug » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:52 am

there is a bias square ruler, scroll about half way down the page here: http://www.quiltknit.com/rulers/page11. ... page11.htm

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grammiequilts
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Re: Bias square

Post by grammiequilts » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:44 am

I have looked around and can't find anthing on this

notwhatiseam
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Re: Bias square

Post by notwhatiseam » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:27 pm

Okay, I'll try once more. I already posted this once and it was not responded to, yet was asked again.

A bias square is one of two things. HST's are bias squares when they are sewn together. To CUT a bias square, you actually cut the square out "on point".

I'm not going to go through dragging the Paddle Star picture from my quilt program into Photobucket into here again, just in case this post is ignored too.

Perhaps when I posted before, the post was actually invisible?

quiltingangel
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Re: Bias square

Post by quiltingangel » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:24 am

Thank you ladies, I think I finally figured it out. Thanks to all for your help and ideas.

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