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thanks for sharing this, interesting new way to get the hst's

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Originally Posted by SueDor

Check out Rhonda's hst.

That was my reply too. Isn't it nice that we have options?

Has anyone used an expensive software program called Triangulations to make HST? I use it all the time and love it. There is now a newer version that also makes QST. It allows you to print grids for many different sizes. And it is less than $30. BTW, I love the quilts folks show - so thanks for the eye candy.

I've been a fan of Thangles for quite sometime, and there is another product I've tried and liked if you're making lots of the same 1/2 sq triangles - called Ta Da Triangles. Both of these products work well for me.

Wow! I just posted about Thangles and TaDa Triangles, but I hadn't seen this method!!! How GREAT!!! I want to go home and try it out now! I am just finishing up a pinwheel quilt and this would have been a great method!!! THANKS for posting!

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Originally Posted by nantucketsue

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Originally Posted by MarthaVA

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Originally Posted by hobo2000

Someone posted a method on the board putting 2 squares face to face and sewing 1/4" all the way around, cut on diagonal twice for 4 perfect hst's. I had so much fun playing with this idea, I ended up with a pinwheel quilt over the weekend.
I don't know how to find it again but it was two weeks ago. None of these rulers work for long, I lose them or forget them.

Was it this one? http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48946-1.htm
That was me. I have a quilt that I am in the process of finishing - this is SO easy - no drawing. Just sew, cut corner to corner, and put the 4 squares together in the pinwheel method. The only ruler you need is one to cut from corner to corner. And I learned to use a LOT of Best Press (or starch).
Check out my blog - I just posted it there last night: http://Marthava.blogspot.com

Martha

Yes Martha. I have you to thank for posting this originally, I knew I had seen a demonstration somewhere, but as I watch several shows I got confused. Nothing confusing about this method though ..... I am converted, and Rhonda's method is also brilliant for using up scraps.

OK, so now my mind is racing....I get easily excited! :) How do you figure out the size of your squares for different size 1/2 sq triangles?

I love, love, love Rhonda's methods for everything she does. Since I found her on this board, I think I have used her directions for almost everything.

Ditto, I always trim to accuracy.

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Originally Posted by feline fanatic

I've just always used the grid method only I do my grid 1" bigger than finished size instead of 7/8" and trim down while squaring them up. I also use the leaders and enders method for making them with the triangle bits I lop off from making flying geese blocks (which I make using a rectangle and a square) and trim those to various sizes.

This has always worked well for me and I don't mind marking the fabric because my grid marks for the squares are usually cut off in the trimming process and the lines drawn for my sewing 1/4" away are invisible in my seam allowance.

I use Thangles. They are so easy to use No thinking required and for me that is a big thing.