I have been quilting for 18 years and I know everything, (right). I am putting together a quilt with hundreds of half square triangles. I've made many thousands of 1/2 squares I can do them in my sleep. After about 100 I got tired and bored of drawing a line, sewing on both sides, cutting apart. Well I have a good eye so I tried a few with just one corner to the next, and It worked, Yea. So I made the rest of them and guess what? When I put them together they don't match. So I wasted, time, fabric and my pride is damaged. So I hope you learn from my bloated ego, and do your 1/2 squares the way you were taught.

oh, the frustration... I'm so sorry. ugh!!!
Love the colors though. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks for the reminder to do it the way we were TAIGHT.. verses the way I was going to do them.. just like YOU!

THANK YOU for the reminder!!

This is one of those mistakes you will only make once. (Been there done that - thought to save time.....)

Sorry you have to redo.

Makes you remember why you did it the way you had done it for eons. We all need a reminder now and again. Thanks. Sorry about your quilt.

I must be a major beginner having only been quilting for 13 years or so. But I DO NOT see the problem????

Glad I'm not the only one who gets over-confident. I was putting the binding on my quilt today and I'm thinking: This isn't so hard; why do people hate bindings? Welllll---I was almost done and noticed I sewed it backwards with the fold on the inside!! How could I have not noticed. Thanks for sharing your blooper-makes me feel better LOL.

OH NO!!! Sounds like something I would do!!!! :( I love your fabrics and block, though :)

Opps. Someone else did that a couple of months ago.

Just when we think we know it all - guess what!!

I am so sorry that you "found this out". I thought I was the only one who did this. :(

I (although this is a recent discovery) have found, whenever I think I can go for the short cut, that I am SO wrong. I now measure once, twice then three times, cut and then sew a HST at least 1/4 to 1/2 inch larger than I need so that I can trim it down to size. Ask me why . . . :oops: