Tri Recs Ruler: How to Make, Cut, and Sew - Optional Ideas for Use 

THANK YOU for putting the tools on the brown paper so we can see them! So few YT creators think that through! Great video!

YEAH finally someone who cutsa left handed!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Nice collection of ideas to use this ruler, thank you!

I was searching for how to use this ruler & was so glad to find you. What great ideas! You explained it very well. You are appreciated for all your hard work putting together this video!

Thanks! I have these rulers and never used them. Now I have some ideas!

After all this time. A random algorithm gives me this beautiful tutorial.

thank you for your video and thanks for share with us this beautiful projects.

I am totally loving this tutorial!!! I saw a couple but all they did was the basic block. I love that you have shown other options. I hate investing in a tool that only has one purpose. I tend to look for them to be multi-functional because after all we HAVE TO HAVE IT! I look forward to future video's.

You make this look so easy thank you so much. I have made dozens and they haven’t turned out. I was waiting for you to show the second corner lineup in the video but your hand was off camera but I think I got it thanks again.

You are brilliant, love your tips.

I bought the tools like you recommended. Will be using them today I hope. Thank you very much for showing how to use the tools. Thanks so much. Happy quilting, Yoka

Very nice demonstration. Great idea for the pineapple block. Lisa

You are awesome You break it down so us beginners can learn God bless you my sister

Thanks for demonstrating the two templates. I have the templates, but forget how much they can do!

Thank you, Tea, for another informative and useful vid! I always gain a tip or two from each of your vids. Thanks for sharing your talent!

Thank you, for the tutorial. I found a quilt pattern which calls for the use of a Tri Rec Triangles and you showed me how to use these templates in November 2020.

Thank you for this great video tutorial! This is a challenging block for me, and now I have the confidence to try them again. The other ideas you presented for using the recs unit was fabulous! Thanks again for a great find; I found you today on RU-vid:)

Thanks! That was super useful.

Thank you for doing this video. These are some great ideas how to use this set.

This is really helpful - thank you x

Very good explanation. Thanks for the video.

I have some tips to share. I so love this tool! Tip#1: If you fold your triangle fabric, the first cut that you make, you can make with the side triangle. Just line up the dotted seam allowance line with the fold (not the edge, your triangle will be too wide by 1/4"). All other cuts, are just lined up. Tip#2: Use either the side triangle, or the large triangle as your helper ruler so that you don't have to make any awkward cuts. Tip#3: If you have manifold units to make, you can try this tip: Cut the side triangles from a rectangle! Two of the side triangles together combine to make a rectangle--but the width is on eighths, while the height is always on the 1/2" increment.. Accordingly, you can GREATLY increase your cutting production if you do the following. You can cut a rectangle that measures the height that you need (I have included a table below) (I use my Stripology ruler for subcuts--so quick and accurate). Reverse how you would normally cut. Cut the eighth measure * _first_* from your WOF, and then use your Stripology or other ruler that has 1/2's (the original strip width) easier to see, to make your subcuts. Then, align the side triangle tool along the left edge (make sure rectangle is pointed tall side up). Make ONE CUT, make one nick; then rotate the tool to make the nick on the bottom left. Naturally if you have directional fabric, you should evaluate the suitability of this method by testing first. If your fabric are folded together as you note for mirrored images, for every angled cut, you get 2 pairs of mirrored side triangles. If your blade is very sharp as you would for one block wonders, you can stack more and get more..but only if a blade is sharp. Here are the width measurements if you wanted to adopt this method for making many of these accurately and easily. As you can see for each 1" increment the width increases 1/2" (this is a proportional triangle with H = 2 x W) Strip WOF Width cut 1.5 1 5/8 2 1 7/8 2.5 2 1/8 3 2 3/8 3.5 2 5/8 4 2 7/8 4.5 3 1/8 5 3 3/8 5.5 3 5/8 6 3 7/8 6.5 4 1/8

excellent video....I find this to be challenging and I still have difficulty getting my l/4" at top of triangle....so practice, I will!

Thanks for this tutorial

The triangle ruler is the only one I ever use for anything ever🔺️

I'm getting this die from accuquilt soon. I'm also getting the kite BOB too!

I love your videos. Have you thought about getting a Matilda's round cutting mat (15") so when you are cutting out the templates it is easier to turn the material?

Tea do you have a video to show how to use Tri Rec tool to make Half rectangle block? I see you refer to it would love to see a video!!! thanks in advance!

I found this ez-tri-mate ruler in my stuff and I can’t remember if there was anything else to it but I was wondering if there is another piece that goes to it or can I use it without the other piece .