This tutorial is for a paper piecing block. Regular templates are also available below.
This is the perfect block to start paper piecing and make blocks with perfect points with no effort.
I use printing paper but you can use phone book paper or any other paper you have available. The thinner the better.
Use a shorter stitch setting so it’s easier to remove the paper at the end.
Learn how to make a triangle in a square quilt block
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Triangle in a square template
- Paper piecing template: Triangle in a square quilt block template (pdf)
- If you prefer to do traditional piecing here is the pattern: Triangle in a square traditional piecing template (pdf)
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I do love the last graphic version! You show a lot of awesome options for this block.
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What fun!!! And I really like this kind of paper piecing!! Thank you so much.
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Really enjoyed the paper piecing will be keen to have a go 😊
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Great Toni.
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Hi, Teresa. How do you make your blocks? Do you use a computer program? I have the Creative Grids Triangle in a Square ruler and the companion HRT ruler and nothing is working for me to make a 9-inch finished triangle in a square. I always mess up the bottom right corner. It’s crazy. I even tried making freezer paper templates using the rulers. Maybe I should try tracing it and sewing on the paper and see if I have any better luck. I have printed out your 7-inch finished triangle in a square, but I’d rather have a 9 inch. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
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Hi Ivy, I draw the templates in Electric Quilt 8 but most domestic printers can only print templates that are about 10” x 7.5” so you’ll have to draw the template yourself if you want a 9” x 9” finish. You could draw it on freezer paper. If you haven’t done foundation piecing with freezer paper I have a couple of tutorials for it.
I hope this helps.
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