You may be working on shapes other than triangles. I think this technique would work well for a Mariners Compass, or a Grandmothers Flower Garden. I hope to play with those to make some 'distortions' to see how I can create something new... But for now, we want to get your pieces assembled into a top!
Final Assembly Step -
OK folks, back to some basic geometry concepts. When you are assembling, you want to deal with shapes that are REGULAR. A Regular shape is one that does not have any Indentations (think of a belly button) For example a square and a circle and a hexagon are all regular shapes. the formal definition of a regular shape is " one that can not have a line pass through it and intersect the edges more than twice." or some such thing... (it's been a lot of years) An IRREGULAR Shape might be a Monitor on a Pedestal. there is an inward area under the monitor, and then the Pedestal comes back out.. A set of Mountains would be irregular, as the tips have an Indentation where the valley is.
When two triangles are assembled, you do not want them to be shaped like a W .!!!!!
You do know how to inset triangles now, so SOME of that will be tolerated...
However, if you find that a bizarre intersection has jumped into the middle of your random design, consider the following possible fix.
Do not sew the entire seam... sew from the "regular edge", but do not complete the seam... stop about 2" short. Then attach whatever needs to tuck into that space, and then later complete the seam. I do this a lot, just so that the partial design is attached.
You should work from one area, maybe the center or the corner, sewing groups of triangles into REGULAR shapes, and finally assembling all of them together...
Naturally when you are done, you may remove the Freezer Paper.
At this point there may be some edge trimming, if you want to have a rectangle.
You may choose to add a border.
For a small piece you may do a pillow case finish or add binding...
Let me know what topics interest you, or questions you may have... I am just starting out with the blog thing, and need to know where there is a need for knowledge!
