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    Old 03-31-2011, 04:42 PM
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    Oh cool!! I'd LOVE to see that!

    Originally Posted by Mo_Chride
    I agree, I do HSTs not QSTs. So much easier.

    Although, I was part of a HST exchange last year that was so easy. In just a few hours I made just over 1,100 HSTs from a pattern my LQS called Cinnamon sticks. It was so easy. I took a dark and a light, right sides together, stiched a "pattern" and cut them apart and in five minutes of sewing and five more minutes of cutting I had 28 HST. I did the pattern 40 times, brought it into my LQS for exchange and walked out a month later with 40 "sticks" or 1120 HSTs of every imaginable combination. I made my avatar quilt with them.

    It took me longer to sit on the floor and arrange them all in a pleasing pattern than it did to sew the HSTs in the first place! I can scan in the "pattern" tomorrow if anyone is interested.

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    Old 03-31-2011, 04:45 PM
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    Originally Posted by Nolee
    I am ready to give up hst's forever. I did them the easy way on the tutorial by sewing them right sides together around all the edges, then precisely cutting on the diagonal twice and sewed them with a meticulous 1/4th inch seam and STILL they are off, STILL they are wonky. I thought I would just cut them a bit smaller with a template, but it gets stuck on the join of all four centers and moves all around and I can't cut accurately around it.

    What in the world am I doing wrong? I have done them over and over and they just don't turn out the right size. Suggestions?
    Man, you are only about 2 hours away from me.......I could come up on a Saturday and we could cut HST all day long AFTER we hit the fabric stores!
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    Old 03-31-2011, 04:46 PM
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    Originally Posted by sandpat
    IMHO...the way you are doing them is waaayyyy too much work. Just do them the way Scissor Queen suggested, sew a long chain of them, cut them apart, press, then trim them to size using your 45 diag. line on your small square ruler. I promise you....this works...I've made tons and tons of them this way. Good luck and do find a way to do it and still have fun, quilting is supposed to be FUN..not stressful or frustrating!
    This is the way I do them, also. Haven't had problems so far. (knock on wood).
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    Old 03-31-2011, 04:48 PM
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    Originally Posted by QuiltedAngel
    Quilt in a day has a half square triangle ruler, actually they have 2 a 6 1/2 and a 9 1/2 inch... It is worth a shot, she also has videos on her site and vimeo :) <3
    That is what I use also. WONDERFUL! Triangle Square-Up Ruler by Quilt in a Day.
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    Old 03-31-2011, 04:58 PM
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    Have you starched your fabrics before cutting? I prefer doing the squares 1" larger than the size of HST I want, sew diagonally, then cutting in half diagonally or if I have a lot to do, I make a grid. When doing it the way you have, you have to really be careful not to stretch because you're working with the bias .
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    Old 03-31-2011, 05:06 PM
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    ``Anyone other than me biased against bias? :>)
    MUCH easier to avoid the problem in the first place with Thangles or HST from strip sewing!!
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    Old 03-31-2011, 05:16 PM
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    I do them the way Nolee does them but I always starch and iron before cutting It holds them together and keeps them from getting out of shape
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    Old 03-31-2011, 05:17 PM
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    I do not like sewing bias seams, they get all wonky ! ;-)
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    Old 03-31-2011, 05:18 PM
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    HST papers can also be printed from the following website: http://www.quiltingandwhatnot.ca/Hal...-Triangle.html

    I buy scribble pads at the $ store - 60 sheets for $1. I use a paper cutter to trim the paper to 8.5" X 11" to fit my printer. So fast, easy and accurate!
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    Old 03-31-2011, 05:18 PM
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    Originally Posted by Candace
    I only do these using Triangulations software. No headaches, that way!
    I have the same program and I just love it!!
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