you haven't lost your mind. there was a tutorial about that technique. some snooty-pants saw the post, wrote the member a really nasty email, tried to claim the technique as hers alone and threatened to sue her. the person who posted it asked me to delete it.
well, i don't know who snooty-pants thinks she is but she's full of beans. still, i deleted it so the accused member could relax. i replaced it with one of my own that uses a similar technique that many of us think is a whole lot better anyway.
like the first one, it will result in chopped off points but - hey! - isn't it great when you can look at them in a block and know they're
supposed to be that way? what a stress reliever!
anyhoo, here's the link to the alternate method: Spanish Butterflies in My Pineapple Shampoo
http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/14958.page
enjoy!