SueJ

I have a big pile of cut triangles & wanted to ask your opinion. Is it still ok to sew them together to make pinwheel blocks? I have no pattern but thought I could square up after I make my squares.

Tartan

Sure, handle them gently as to not stretch the bias and square them up when sewn. The recut patterns from MSQC (Dissappearing Hourglass) had bias edges and I had no trouble doing a quilt with them and quilting it.

redstilettos

I agree with Tartan. They'll want to stretch, but, hey....square up after you're done and let them fly

I've used leftover triangles (folded) to make prairie points, too, so there's always a way to use them, Sue

bj

Broken dishes is another fun use for hst. As Tartan says, handle gently.

Faintly Artistic

Just made a pillow with leftover 60° triangles. Starch will help. Be gentle and don't stretch them while you sew and press. While sewing them into strips, I learned to add them one at a time, not to put 2 together then sew those. It was easier to match them up as singles.

Homespun

I saw a tip that said to match up the opposite points away from the bias edges...not the bias edges..to get a better block.

MadQuilter

Absolutely. When I make flying geese, I end up with the little triangles that get trimmed off. They end up in a different project. That's too much fabric to waste.

AliKat

Since I either spray starch of Best Press before cutting my materials,it is easy to do HST's and more with leftover pieces. Example: in a BOM group I belong to each block has FG on borders, so I now mark the cutting line and sew onboth sides of that. I end up with the original wanted FG and extras to do something scrappy.