Hi Nancy,nice to hear from you I know where Altus is, was your son an airman i will keep in touch with you. you'll get a lot of snow there i have a brother that live in Gary Ind and sister& brother who live in Chicago , 12 years ago my husband was re-located to Ft Wayne Ind. and i never seen so much snow. Hst mean half square triangle, if you want to learn a lot about how to make quilts and their terminlogy join a quilting guild in your area. Go on internet type in quilting guilds in your state & city call and see when they meet if you work days ask them about a evening ,saturday,or monthly guild , you will learn so much.i have been quilting 3 years this Janruary and i still ask many question and ask for helpi attend every quilting show i can in my city and close around, i try to make any project that my group is making if it doesn't look good i have it quilted and learn from my mistake and try harder on the next project so far i've made 16 in 3yrs.i'm getting better, don't give up.
stay in touch Annette