Difficile - En Provence Part Two (#4)

These pieces were hard.

I used the Tri Recs Rulers.

I preferred the Tri Recs Tools to the  Marti Michell templates. The fabric didn't move around as much while being cut. The Tri Recs Tools can be used to make many different sizes of the "triangle in a square" piece.

Tri Recs on the left, Marti Michell templates on the right.

Using these tools I was able to cut quickly and with relatively little waste. However, I ended up having to rip out and redo 10-20% of the pieces because of problems at the top of the neutral triangle. Either the pink pieces did not line up or the space between the tip of the neutral triangle and the top edge of the piece was too small.

I am picky about stuff like this.

 
Lessons Learned:

Take the time to pin these pieces before sewing, and make sure they don't slip around while you are sewing them.

Watch youtubes before using a new tool. I learned that the little notch on the tip of the right triangle (the Recs Tool) is a placement guide, and it makes your job infinitely easier.