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sewbizgirl
Or you can cut 3" strips and then cut your triangles from the strips using the Easy Angle ruler. It's the method I use and is very accurate. I rarely trim anything off.
The method using the larger squares uses more fabric and requires trimming, but it is certainly faster to cut and produces a set of matching HSTs. The EasyAngle uses less fabric. If you put two strips right sides together, you also produce matched sets. Furthermore, when you sew these pieces together, you have a flat meeting of the two pieces, so you may experience fewer messed up corners where the angle gets caught in the feed dogs. I think that newbies might be best off trying several different methods before deciding on their preferred methods. Kitsie’s method is quick and efficient if you want a lot of matching HSTs. The EasyAngle is great if you’ll need to eke out a favorite fabric. The big squares are wonderful if you find cutting small pieces to be tedious.