Or just use Thangles. http://thangles.com/

JINGLE,
How about if you make your card trick this way and avoid those 8 triangles per block? :) http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...n-t137717.html

Jan in VA

MY ME ....................It is a lot easier to trim down the squares than to have to start over and make all new ones in case the seams are a little off and the squares are too small,

Wow... I'm so glad I read this thread... when I saw "Math" I just had to; the numbers always rattle around in my head!! LOVE the suggestion to make a little bigger and trim down!! And MTS, the pic helps, too!! THANKS EVERYONE!!!

Thank you so much for all of your input. I have especially liked the visual picture that made it all make such better sense. I also understand the philosophy behind cutting larger