Originally Posted by
katier825
My best tip...use starch and cut your pieces a little bigger than you need. The little bit of waste is much easier to live with than pieces that are too small.
I use a specially triangle ruler because it is so much easier since it tells you the width of the strip to cut based on the block size. I always cut bigger. In the old days, you would cut your setting triangles from a large square cutting an X. Make sure you have the straight of grain on the outside edge otherwise with a bias edge, your quilt edge could get wonky. I just recently finished piecing these blocks together. Sew with the bias edge on bottom. No pattern, just made the blocks from 6.5 cut squares.