Triangle Xmas Tree Skirt Quilt Tutorial: Cutting Equilateral Triangles

Sunday, December 31, 2017

I was so inspired by PepperKnit's Equilateral Triangle Christmas Tree Skirt after making my speedy circular Xmas Tree Skirt, that I decided to make another quilted Christmas Tree Skirt, as a gift.

There's a few updated pieces to this tree skirt, so it'll have to be broken out into multiple posts. We'll start with supplies and cutting the equilateral triangles for the top.

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1. Supplies:: [General] erasable marking pen, thread, needle, sewing machine, walking foot [for sewing machine] pins, ruler, cutting mat, rotary cutter, scissors, iron, ironing board. [Fabric] 2 yards for the top (8x 1/4yd), 1.5 yards for the back, 2 fat quarters for the binding, 60x60" low-loft quilt batting, 1/8 yard for the flange, 1/8 yard Velcro
   
2. Trim ironed fabric to 8" tall (mine is folded in half, fold on the left)
   
3. Mark 4 5/8" on one side, and 9.25" on the other (see illustrated diagram)
   
4. Cut from 4 5/8" mark to corner (Note: 4 5/8" is half of 9.25").
   
5. Cut from 4 5/8" mark to 9.25" mark. (Alternatively, use an equilateral triangle template/cutting form, or use your 60 degree cutting angles)
   
6. Mark 9.25" from where the 4 5/8" mark was.
   
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8. Repeat marking 9.25" and cutting to previous corner until you run out of fabric.
   
9. Unfold fabric and cut one last triangle from it.
   
10. Keep cutting until you have enough triangles (54 of them)
    

Done cutting!

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Triangle Christmas Tree Skirt Quilt Tutorial Posts:

1. Equilateral Triangle Quilted Xmas Tree Skirt: Cutting Equilateral Triangles
2. Triangle Christmas Tree Skirt Tutorial: Sewing the Triangles
3. How To Add Flange to a Quilt Block
4. How To Piece Together Low Loft Quilt Batting
5. Quilting the Triangle Xmas Tree Skirt Quilt
6. How To Make Continuous Bias Binding
7. How To Connect Binding with a Mitered Seam
8. How To: Alternative Mitered Binding Join
9. How To Attach Bias Binding to a Quilt
10. Triangle Christmas Tree Skirt Overview