Originally Posted by samroberts01
It says to make 2 4 1/4 inch squares or ( 8 triangles from 2 inch strip with a quarter square triangle ruler or companion angle ruler) I have no idea what a 1/4 square triangle is or what any of this means lol.
Key phrase here is
"a 1/4 square triangle"
They will end up looking like an hourglass. If you cut triangles full size from your strips, you will need two light and two dark for every square.
Look at the picture here, and you can see how to do it - except yours will be pieced from triangles.
http://quilting.about.com/od/quickpi..._squares_2.htm