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This is the method I always use as I don't like working with bias edges. I like that all the seams can be set with one press before I cut.
Originally Posted by Rose Marie
(Post 5278418)
For 4 1/2 inch use two squares cut at 10 inchs. draw an x and sew 1/4 in down each side of lines. Cut in half both ways then on lines. You will have 8 HSTs with no bias edges. Square up with Quilt in A Days triangle square up ruler, done with one cut, amazing.
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Originally Posted by Rose Marie
(Post 5278418)
For 4 1/2 inch use two squares cut at 10 inchs. draw an x and sew 1/4 in down each side of lines. Cut in half both ways then on lines. You will have 8 HSTs with no bias edges. Square up with Quilt in A Days triangle square up ruler, done with one cut, amazing.
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Originally Posted by nycquilter
(Post 5278772)
I like drawing grids of squares, size dependent on finished size of block, then drawing the diagonals and sewing 1/4" on either side of the line. In one fell swoop, I can do many more than four HST.
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There is no formula. Just add 2 inchs for each size up. For 1 1/2 inch triangles use 4 inch blocks, for 2 1/2 in triangles use 6 inch blocks ect.
Of course since they dont make rulers that size I just use a ruler with the extra 1/2 inch. It wastes a little fabric but not much. The triangle square up ruler is worth every penny it costs. After I show people how it works the go buy one. So easy to just make one cut for perfect HSTs. |
dang..I thought this would be about something NEW.,...Billie Lauder had done this for 15+ years....
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Wow, just made a bunch of hst's and wish I'd known these tricks! Thanks for all this info, it will be a big time saver in the future.
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Wonder why one couldn't cut original 7" square on the bias, then triangles would have straight edges?
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
(Post 5280764)
dang..I thought this would be about something NEW.,...Billie Lauder had done this for 15+ years....
some of us newbies haven't been around the quilting scene for 15+ years. I appreciate all the information on Quilting Board and learning something NEW every day, even if it's been around forever, it's new to me. |
I've been quilting since 1998 and am always learning something new - it is usually because of an OOPS! I am going to check out the Billie Lauder website and see if she has a tutotorial - but, in the meantime, I have copied and pasted the instructions posted here onto a word document and printed it out - that way I will know where to find it when I want to make some HST's.
I usually make thangles for mine, I bought a program that prints them out for me on paper piecing paper and I have used them with great success. When not using this method, I always overcut my squares, then trim after sewing. I am working on a project now that is VERY scrappy and I am using this method. I can't remember how many I need, but each block has four of them and this is going to be a king size quilt so there will be plenty to make. |
I saw that on a you-tube video a while back. Makes sense that they turn out prefect, if you do the quarter-inch seam all around the outside. Definitely starch heavily!
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