This is the method I use.. several older quilt books have this and you can make more or less and bias is not a problem. the grid Jan has made will make 32 hst squares and there is a way to start at one point and continue sewing with out stopping until you have sewn on both sides of the diagonal lines.. l love this method..beats every other method I have ever tried.
Boston squares can be made by using a half sqt. on top of a hst. square, matching corners and trimming the under neath hst sq. You will have a smaller (2 color) triangle piece left over..
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Jan in VA
Layer 2 fat quarters right sides together.
Draw a grid of squares on the lighter color fat quarter, making the grid be 1" larger than the size of HST you will need.
Draw diagonal lines through the grid so that each square has ONE diagonal line in it.
Sew 1'4" away from EACH side of EACH diagonal line.
Press the fat quarters after sewing.
Cut apart on EVERY DRAWN LINE.
Square up each HST.
Jan in VA