HST Ideas
 

Our quilting group played a game. We passed a wrapped package around ( musical chairs), we packaged things we no longer wanted. Anyway I won . The package contained about 100 HST's (3.5inches). Any ideas on a pattern using HST's.

Find a site that has lots of 9 patch designs and 4 patch designs. Many use HST exclusively.

What a great swap to receive. And I agree with GrannieAnnie. You can use them in any 4 patch (or 9 patch) configuration. You can mix and match the resulting 4 patches with solid blocks.

Here's one. Think I copied this from someone on the board.

Jan in VA

Lucky you! Have fun with them, you can always use them to make a bunch of table runners for gifts.

I like that quilt, Jan. Great idea.

100 HST's would be the 4 corners for 25 churn dash blocks

I'm going to watch this for ideas. My church quilting group did a swap of Bright Batik half square triangles. I have about 430 of them and am the last of the bunch (6 of us) to figure out what I want to do with them. Everyone else has their tops done and one gal has already started quilting. I am so far behind....

I have just finished the Barn Raising Quilt ( the one Jan posted). I had won some 6 inch HST'a a long time ago.My quilting group had heard me moan about them since forever. Makes me think the 3.5 inch set was rigged so I would end up with them. Now I'm determined to use them. Thinking maybe I'll trim them to 3 inches & make a Carpenter's Wheel. I'd rather cut plain 3 inch blocks than make more HST's

Moda Bake Shop has a pattern on there right now. Looks very simple.

do a google search for half square triangle quilts...OMG the images you will see!

For clarification--------------I use the term 9 patch to refer to any pattern that has a 3 main pieces by 3 main pieces pattern. And for 4 patch, any pattern that uses 4 main pieces by 4 main pieces. Each of those pieces may include more than just a couple pieces.

In my files, even the beloved Charpenter's Wheel is listed as a 4 patch, since it can be done as 4 separate patches.

There are a zillion things you can do. One of the best books I purchased (quite some time ago) was Triangles on a Roll: Old and new ways of using Half and Quarter Square triangles.

Follow up on my comments on ways to use HST----------

Once again, I am going to recommend my favorite, "go to" book for quilt designs. Wonderful source for the old standards. I've never gotten any positive response from posters here, but that's their loss. Quite a few copies of this book are available used from Amazon.

I will warn you, this paperback book is one that the pages are glued to a spine. After laying the book open to copy pages, they tend to loosen from the spine. I use mine so much that I simply bought the page saver sheets and put all the pages into a loose leaf folder. Really does come in handy when needing a pattern copied or to show someone.

One Thousand and One Patchwork Designs (Paperback)
by Maggie Malone

GrannieAnnie,
I'm so sorry you feel you've had no positive responses here on the board. I believe it happens that so often when someone agrees, they simply don't post. It's like the negatives about a business -- where you hear all the complaints but rarely the kudos if they are doing things right.

Maggie Malone's book is a wonderful oldie but goodie, thanks for mentioning it.
You can take these "spine bound" paperbacks to places like Kinkos and have them spiral bound or hole-punched for putting into a binder; makes these books easier to use.

Jan in VA

I like the one posted by Jan.

GrannieAnnie, I just ordered the book you recommended from Amazon for $.99. They had them as low as $.01, but there was no description of the condition, so I sprung for the $.99 one. I'm sure I'll like it. As a relatively new quilter, I appreciate voices of experience.

You can also have a book spiral-back bound at a copy center. Gina

I like the one Jan posted, and this is another fave. It's called the Depression block, you can do it scrappy.

http://www.quilterscache.com/D/DepressionBlock.html

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Thank you
 

Life got in the way of my starting the carpenter's wheel I was thinking of doing, already did one. Now I am going to do this Depression quilt. Everyone has been so very helpful.

If people ignore a book like Maggie's, it's their loss, I'm sorry for them. I much prefer the page savers since it drag the pages around here then and yonder.

But thank you for the comments.

I've always loved blue/lavender together. this is going to be a fantastic quilt.