Originally Posted by farnsworth
If you don't mind cheating I use thangles they come out perfect ( I can never do that on my own!)
Thangles aren't really cheating, but they are a bit spendy ... I bought a program at the LQS (Local quilt store) called "Triangulations" .... for about $30 I got a program that will print out HST (half square triangles) from finished size 3/4" up through seven inches.
You choose the finished size you want, turn on your printer, print out the grid, put two pieces of fabric right sides together, pin the paper to that with a couple of pins ... sew on the dotted lines, cut on the solid line and you will end up with lots of HST ... and when I bought the Triangulations there was a program for making quarter square triangles for all those sizes ... such fun <wave>