Originally Posted by
Macybaby
BTW - you don't CUT on the diagonal, you sew on the diagonal and then cut off the extra - like the "covered corner" method they do with the FG. You won't be cutting anything across the diagonal, but 1/4" away after you sew.
This is the part I missed! I just read HST and thought it meant make two -- way too wasteful otherwise. I also thought that many patterns wouldn't play well with those kinds of cuts, especially directional ones. I am not sure how to calculate dimensions doing it the fat French braid way, but I think I will play with it and see.
Thanks for the input!