Setting Solutions
By Sharyn Craig
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Get out all of the unfinished blocks lurking in the back of your closet, and use them to make a quilt! Sharyn shows you easy and fun ways to solve some of quilting’s most common block problems, such as size dilemmas, color clashes, orphans, and what to do with plain old boring blocks.
- Sharyn’s 10 Project Maps are your blueprints for success! Insert the blocks you already have into fabulous settings
- Learn how to identify why you haven’t used a particular set of blocks and where to begin to determine a plan for using them in a quilt top
- Tired of traditional settings? You’ll learn new techniques for grouping and enhancing your blocks
- Sixty-two full color quilts illustrate the techniques, and fire your imagination
- Presents an easy-to-understand glossary of many quilting terms such as audition, cornerstones, alternate set, and more
- Includes helpful Decimal Equivalents and Setting Triangle charts
“The problem-solving section and the project maps make it absolutely clear just how Sharyn dealt with each set of challenges, and just how simple the solutions are. Now where is that set of blocks I won last year?” —Sally Schneider, author of Scrap Quilts Fit for a Queen
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Setting Solutions - Sharyn Craig
CHAPTER ONE
Defining the Norm
In this chapter I will present, define, and talk about some of the terms that will be used throughout this book. There are many other terms associated with setting your blocks, but I have chosen to list only the ones that I work with, which are specific to the material found in these pages.
Flannel Design Wall
This is a rigid base covered with flannel or cotton batting to create a surface your blocks will adhere to during the design phase of making a quilt. You can make your own design wall with a flat flannel sheet, cotton batting, or cotton outing flannel purchased by the yard. You can make a simple flannel wall by thumb-tacking the flannel directly to the wall, or you can get much fancier by covering a piece of foam-core board (or any other sturdy board) with the flannel. You can mount the covered board to an existing wall, or merely lean it against a wall or piece of furniture. The larger the flannel design wall is, the better, but the size will obviously be governed by the size of your space and, ultimately, the size of the quilts you will be making.
Audition
Think of this term in the same way you would an actor trying out for a role in a movie. To audition a fabric is to let it try out with the blocks. We audition for color, pattern, and layout.
Set
When the word Set
is used as a noun, it refers to the way the blocks are arranged to create the finished quilt top. As a verb, it means the action of sewing the pieces together into the top.
Focus Blocks
These are the patterned blocks that you are primarily working with. Focus blocks can be appliquéd or pieced.
Focus block
Straight or Diagonal
You can position your Focus blocks either straight or diagonally. Position straight set blocks so that the edges of the block are parallel to the edges of the quilt. Rotate blocks 45 degrees so that the corners point towards the edges of your quilt and they are diagonal. Another term used frequently that means the same thing as diagonal is on point
.
Tangent blocks
Tangent Blocks
Tangent blocks are positioned next to one another. This set is sometimes referred to as side by side.
A tangent set can be either straight or diagonal.
Setting Triangles
When you position blocks on point, you will need to fill the outer edges of the quilt in with triangles. Triangles along the side of the quilt are called Side Setting. Corner Triangles fit the corners of the quilt. There are normally four Corner triangles, but the number of Side Setting triangles will vary, depending on the number of blocks in your quilt.
• NOTE: To calculate the size to cut the Side Setting triangles, you begin with the finished size of your block and multiply by 1.414. Add 1¼" to that number. Cut a square equal to the sum and cut it twice, corner to corner. Cutting triangles this way will position straight of grain along the outer edge of the quilt, which is where you want the straight of grain in order to give your quilt top the most stability.
Example: 6 blocks 6
x 1.414 = 8.48 (or 8½")
8½ + 1¼
= 9¾"
Cut a square 9¾", cut twice
Each square yields four Side Setting triangles
9¾" square. Cut twice corner to corner. One square yields four Side triangles.
To calculate the size to cut Corner Setting triangles, you begin with the finished size of your block and divide by 1.414. Add ⅞" to that number. Cut a square equal to the sum and cut once, corner to corner.
Example: 6 blocks 6
÷ 1.414 = 4.24 (4¼")
4¼ + ⅞
= 5⅛"
Cut a square 5⅛", cut once
Each square yields two Corner triangles
5⅛" square. Cut once corner to corner. One square yields two Corner Triangles.
TIP
When working with decimals and fractions, you will find it helpful to round up to the nearest ⅛". If you would like your blocks to appear to float (not touch the edge), you can add an additional ½" to 1" to the amount you cut the squares. It’s always better to be too big than too small. Refer to the Decimal Equivalent Chart on page 12 for assistance with these calculations.
Straight blocks with simple sashing
Diagonal blocks with simple sashing (a) Side Setting Triangle (b) Corner Triangle
Sashing
Sashing
is the strips of fabric used to separate the blocks. You can use sashing with either straight or diagonally oriented blocks. Sashing can be simple, plain strips, or it can be broken into more complex piecing structures. Another term for sashing is lattice.
• NOTE: Once you introduce sashing into the setting equation you also need to be aware of the difference color and value will make to the appearance of the same blocks. Be sure to study the photographs in Chapter 3, page 23, where the same blocks were auditioned with various colors for sashing.
• NOTE: When using sashing with the diagonal set your Setting Triangle sizes will change. The number you start your calculation with is equal to the finished size of the block plus the finished width of the sashing; one sashing width for Side triangles, two sashing widths for Corner triangles.
Example: 6 blocks with 1½
sashing
SIDE TRIANGLES: 6 + 1½
= 7½ (7.5
)
7.5 x 1.414 = 10.6
(10⅝")*
10⅝ + 1¼
= 11⅞"
Cut a square 11⅞", cut twice corner to