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Old 02-28-2015, 08:34 PM
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I went on a half square triangle binge and made about 200 of them and they are 1.5 in blocks in just two fabrics - a light and a dark. I'd love to hear any ideas for what to make with these! Thanks much!
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Mix them with squares for a Split 9 Patch from the free pattern tab at Bonnie Hunter's www.quiltville.blogspot.ca
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I just won 279 HST at one of my guilds. They're 2 1/2" ones. This is what I'm doing with them - I'm just making it up as I go along! It will most likely be assymmetrical because I won them at the Modern Guild
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Old 02-28-2015, 08:49 PM
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Lori, your design is gorgeous! Do you have enough to keep going or are you starting to make your own to add to the design?
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Love what you are doing Lori. I, too, have some HSTs to work with. They are 2 inch ones. I have about 300 of them, just from the quilt I'm making now. Have a bunch of others from different quilt tops. You know, those little corners you cut off..well, I can't stand to throw them away so I just make these little HSTs and tuck them away for later use. Yes, I have a sickness!
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The Ocean Waves pattern uses lots of HST, and would good in scrappy too.
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One method of making the Windblown block uses all half square triangles with two colors, this is the block I am working on. See block and instructions at link below.

http://www.quiltaholics.com/bom/windsq.htm

The pattern I am using is called Windblown Shadows, from the book "The Thimbleberries Book of Quilts" by Lynette Jensen from 1998, but I am not doing the shadow effect of using a dark alternating block but rather constructing as shown in link.


Another pattern is called Spinning Flowers from Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine (Nov./Dec. 2014).


http://www.fonsandporter.com/article...-quilt-project



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Hope you like one of these patterns.

this is the windblown block from link above.
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There are so many beautiful star blocks made from HSTs. Also, chevron quilts are all HSTs.
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Tartan: Thanks - and thanks for the nice link!
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Lori - that is really cool - I've never seen them used that way! Thanks
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