Quickest Way to Make PERFECT Quarter Square Triangles (QSTs)!

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[@elizabethannwest646]

Merry mary i love your vids I'm learning so much. Thanks so much😊

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@mdmcpresentz]

That was excellent. I’ve never once heard someone mention the seam line matching up when drawing the line on the back of the HST’s made in step one. Always something to learn!

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Thank you! Yes - I agree - we often learn something new from each other! Thanks for watching, Marian!

[@kathrynbarbara967]

Excellent tutorial, and I especially like the maths at the end (1 inch larger than your finished block, one inch….that’s me trying to put that in my brain!).

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!!!

[@karin0963]

Thank you for the math lesson at the end. Last week I was cutting different size squares to see what the end size would be.

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@janicecahill4045]

Good information!! Thank you.

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@ritaconnell41]

What a concise, detailed presentation! I’m so lucky to be able to learn these things BEFORE I start cutting! I think the extra marking will help me greatly with accuracy!

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Great!!! That makes me so happy Rita! Thanks for your kind words and for watching!

[@debjacobson9800]

Thanks Mary 🪡🧵

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

You're so welcome!!! Thanks for watching!

[@dcatweaver]

Mary, you are such a good teacher.

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

You're so kind! Thank you!

[@SuzzanneNicholds]

Thank you Mary, you explain things so clearly ❤

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@13abbyj]

Thank you thank you for this

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

You're so welcome! Thanks so much for watching!

[@bettyechapman3053]

Loved that.

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Thank you!

[@miramsey1]

Thank you so much for the excellent video - I enjoy your channel so much!! Could you share the pattern for the quilt behind you? It is lovely!!

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Thank you! The quilt is our new class called "Aim for the Stars". If you'd like to take the course, you can add your name to the waiting list here: www.joyfulandmerryquilting.com/aimforthestarswaitinglist

[@michellerobbins8133]

Hi Mary! Thank you so much for your video. You explain everything so well! I have a question about the suggested rulers to square up the QST and HST. Do you need both the Bloc Loc ruler and the Clearly Perfect Slotted Trimmer or will the Clearly Perfect Slotted Trimmers work alone? I wasn’t sure if I needed to purchase both or will one do the work of two. Thank you!

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

The Clearly Perfect Slotted Trimmer works really well for both the HST and the QST as well as the Split QSTs. I do like the Bloc-Loc for HSTs, but the Clearly Perfect really does the trick just as well, in my opinion. I would try the Clearly Perfect first and see what you think.

[@13abbyj]

With your Janome do you need to use “leaders”?

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

I rarely use leaders with my Janome 6600. I also use my universal pressing foot (not a 1/4" foot) - not sure if that makes a difference.

[@mdmcpresentz]

It’s probably differs machine by machine or model by model. I have a Janome Horizon Memory Craft 8200QCP. For the 1st year, no leaders needed. After it was serviced the first time, it was never the same and leaders are absolutely needed or I have to hold the thread ends when I start sewing. So frustrating.

[@13abbyj]

Bought the spray bottle that you use from Amazon and it’s clogged. How do you “unclog”? Tried hot water.

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

I've never had it clog...here are a couple of tips: Tip 1: Use pliers to spin the cap in either direction, that should release the air lock and spray whatever liquid was in the cap and when you refill it should be working as normal. Tip 2: If the nozzle was too tight, your sprayer may now be working. If not, unscrew and remove the cap and hold it under hot, running water or immerse it in vinegar, then use a pin to poke a hole in any blockage in the nozzle itself. If your bottle contains hairspray, soak the nozzle in alcohol.

[@marinaabad4995]

Your recent newsletter, which is excellent, had two items that go together. The slow stich quilt movement and the no-pinning opinions. Many tutorials the presenter says, "I don't pin, it takes too much time." Why the hurry? How many edited outtakes when things to piece don't go well? All the experienced quilt channel presenters pin. Pinning and other piecing tasks should be enjoyable. You get to feel and admire the fabric, mindfulness of what you're doing, thinking about where the quilt will go, and thinking uses your mind which helps keep one sharp and active. Mindless hurry on anything one does is not mentally healthy. In by gone decades, people took the time to do things, now it's rush...rush...app this...app that...hack this...hack that, to make more time for what? Having your nose in social media instead of socializing with people in front of you? Binge watching streaming shows instead of creating something? Pauline's Quilters World channel is excellent for QAYG methods. Great for your domestic machine quilting, but also to make stained glass quilts and such, more enjoyable to make the fiddly bits. There I learned about U-shaped pins to hold to pieced items tother at intersections or making a block or sashing. The U-shaped pin holds together better with on piercing instead of two pins piercing which can cause fabric to slip or distort. You should do a series on pins and pinning, big subject.

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Thanks for watching and for your input. It sounds like you really do enjoy the journey of quilting and I LOVE that. I'm not sure if you've watched many of my videos, but I definitely am a pinner - I would never suggest going without pinning. I do have a free workshop (www.joyfulandmerryquilting.com). Just click on Watch Free Workshop -- it's called How to Create the Perfect Quilt Block Everytime, and I include information on pressing, pinning, ripping, rulers, and sewing a 1/4" seam, which includes diagonal pinning. Hope you'll take a look!

[@marinaabad4995]

@@joyfulandmerryquilting I have watched all your videos and I know you are a pinner. The experienced quilters pin. Many tutorials have the presenter say, "I don't pin, who has time for that?" Certainly, not you or many other good teachers. There are scads of make quilts fast videos. What's up with that?

[@mdmcpresentz]

New quilters - Mary was illustrating the importance of ironing. She was not placing a hot iron on her cutting mat. That would be disasterous. I know unfortunately as that was one of my beginner mistakes. :(

[@joyfulandmerryquilting]

Yes - at 4:45 I did NOT place my iron on my cutting mat...I was simply showing that you "set your seams" by placing the iron on the seam...but it must be done ON a pressing surface - not on the cutting mat. Sorry for the confusion.