AnnieH

I'm not alone then!
Annie

petlover

Thanks for the tutorial Jan. It was great.

cabbagepatchkid

Wow....thanks for the info. What great tutorials she does. I keep looking at the sewing machine she is using and wondering if it's a vintage machine. It's huge. I also noticed the pretty blue vintage machine sitting on the shelf behind her...lol!

izzybelle

Thanks for the information- I will try thes things.

raedar63

Me too! I am trying to refuse to buy another ruler but if I were going to make a quilt I needed them to be accurate with I guess I would have to. I have watched Eleanor Burns do the cut down method and it is slick but I really am trying to save every penny and NOT buy!I am gonna read every post on this thread!

Cookie46

Jan - thanks for this great tutorial. Have printed it out and will be keeping it close to my sewing machine. Love, love, love the members on this site.

tstransky

The easiest, and I do mean the easiest way to make HST's that never come out wonky is the cut-down method created by Rhonda Woodsmall. You can find this method on her website...bitsnpiecesworkshop.com

Like many of you, I have stayed away from any pattern with HST until trying the cut-down method. Now my HST's are never wonky and my points always match. Try it for yourself...it's amazing!

smitty

you want your squares first cut 7/8" larger than the FINSIHED size of your square. Stack two colors together(right sides together RST) I cut them 1" larger (than the desired -finished--square ), sew 1/4" on each side of the diagonal mark, press lightly, cut on diagonal line. Press open, then trim to your desired square size. id you cut on the diagonal, then sew, you are sewing bias edges, which you want to avoid if you can. that works for scrappy. if you do a lot of
the same colors, papers work really well. there are several methods out there. man, it is hard to correctly write
something that you just do automatically if you have quilted for a while. good luck---triangles add so much to your
quilting patterns.
avoid if you can.
with a bias square ruler as others have suggested.

MarySews

You could always go back to the very old fashioned way, cut templates, trace and sew. If it works, you can measure and do it the same size with a rotary cutter and ruler. If it does not work the way you want it, trim or make a new template. To make a template, take a piece of cardboard,(cereal box) draw the size of the finished square and draw a diagonal. Cut the cardboard, add a quarter inch all the1970 way around or trace onto the fabric as is and cut a quarter inch away from your tracing. I know this seems like a lot of work, but you have already spent time and it has not worked so I think it is worth it.
I taught quilting in about 1970 before rotary cutters and self healing mats. Everyone just cut and traced. The tracing line became your sewing line. Good luck.

SHELTIE'SMAMA

I use the rule cut the square 7/8" larger than the desired finished size. Sew seams 1/4" to each side of the diagonal line and then slice the diagonal. So far so good for me using this rule.