Originally Posted by
Elaray
I just bought "501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks" by Judy Hopkins. The instructions for many of the blocks call for making a template and having squares or rectangles cut on point resulting in shapes cut on the bias. Is there any reason I couldn't cut these on the straight grain? Sub-cutting a long strip seems much easier than cutting squares or rectangles from a template. Does the bias cut square make the block more stable?
Do the instructions tell you to cut on the bias or are you just assuming the pieces are bias since they are set on point? Anything I've ever done SET on point, has been cut square.