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Quick Piecing Techniques for Quilters

Strip piecing and other quick piecing techniques allow you to construct your quilts quickly, easily and accurately.
Quick Pieced Quarter Square Triangle Units
Quarter square triangle units are popular quilt block components. It's easy to make quick pieced quarter square triangle units when you use half square triangle units as their parents.
Quick Half Square Triangle Units
Use this quick piecing method to make half square triangle units for your quilt blocks. From About Quilting.
Use Chain Piecing to Sew Patches More Quickly
Chain piecing is a technique that's used to speed up the process of sewing together quilting patches. Get through even a scrap quilts project much more quickly by using chain piecing to speed things up a bit.
Make Half Square Triangles on a Long Grid
There are many ways to quick-piece half square triangle units, and it's not a bad idea to try them all, because triangle squares are one of the most common components used in quilts. Here's a method that lets you create lots of identical triangle squares in no time at all.

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