Wish I had a scanner. Thats my next purchase if I can quit buying fabric for awhile.

Let's put it this way. Some one famous came along and said do it to 4 and 7/8 every one has did this and wasted their fabric. And then we all figured out to make it 1 inch bigger and cut it down to what the pattern says's. It is that simple.

I know this is an old post, but needed help with my HST's. Went to this site,
http://hometown.aol.com/qltblockcent.../consthst.html
and is permanently shut down.
Back to SEARCH.

The normal rule is:

HST: add 7/8 to finished size block.

QST: add 1 1/4" then make 2 diagonal lines

Here's a site that makes making HST's easy peasy:

http://www.blockcentral.com/a-halfsq...glepaper.shtml

Here's a site is you need a different size you can enlarge or reduce with your printer:

http://www.thequiltedsnail.com/scale.html

Hope this helps out.