Thanks for the suggestions and comments on the cat (who will also lay on my sewing machine bed so I can't sew). Thanks for the link to the Triangles page at quiltville. I've been to the site but not to that page.
I wish I'd thought to sew that seam before cutting them off. Oh well...next time since every project lately has these leftovers.
Jan, I used your method in one quilt - a skill builder project - but found that I dind't like the bulk.