Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by reneebobby
that method is easy but it has a lot of wasted fabric. i think it would be fine for a few small half squares but if you're doing an entire quilt top with a lot of half squares you'd throw away as much fabric as you kept.
When I do a lot of the HSTs of the same color I use strips and sew the strips together.Then open the and iron. Use your template to place the corners on the seams and cut out moving up the strip til you get to the end. Then sew the other two sides together and do it again.
You can butt up the tip of the square to the one below and then this leaves just enough to go back on the second time around and cut one out of the fabric that ends up left behind on the first time cutting. It is really about like using Thangles but without buying anything. You can get really close to the last one you cut and your waste will be minimal.
The one reneebobby mentions is probably for scrappy stuff where you use a lot of differant fabrics which is what I show because that is what I do the most and it is simpler to show someone who has never done it my way before.