I'm getting ready to do a quilt with half square triangles. I like the method where I sew a square twice, cut, press, and have 2 triangles. My cuts are going to be 5 7/8", finishing at 5"
What I've seen suggested is to cut 6" rather than 5 7/8" and then trim down. What I'm wondering is assuming I do that, when I go to trim them, can I just line up the center on my 45 deg line and cut from there? (I would be exposing top and side of the block, and cutting both at once). Do I need to worry about bottom and other side?
I did something else where I needed to line up the center point at the middle of the ruler size, and carefully cut to keep it even and I had to rotate it a few times. I *think* that for a half square triangle, as long as I'm on the 45 deg line, it shouldn't matter, and I shouldn't need to worry about getting the center exactly centered on the ruler to trim, but I'm just not sure....