Recently, I found bags and bags of HSTs at a thrift store - obviously someone had projects in mind but there was no evidence of what they were planning to do with them, and the squares ranged from 1-3/8" to 2-1/2" and were frequently somewhat off-kilter. On a rough day a couple of weeks ago, I turned my back on my current project and started playing around with these new-to-me bits... cutting them all down to a consistent size (1-1/4") gave me some good therapy and I have been able to make 5 small blocks out of them. No idea what I will do with those blocks, but it was a lot of fun and I still have a large biscuit tin full of more of these little bags of treasure to play with in the future. I also have more confidence in the idea of cutting down to make something workable and less stressful to deal with. :-D