LOL, if you cut a triangle you will have at least one edge not on the straight grain. Whether it's scary or not is a personal choice.

BDawn, love your color and print choices!

I have never used a ruler to cut my HST's and never had a problem. I love the one you did, It is beautiful.

I always use the two squares and sewing and cutting into two HST. That way the bias cuts are already sewn together.

Well, a DUH! to me. It took a while to soak in, but I know what was meant by NO scary bias cuts. When you use the two square method, the bias "cut" is already sewn together. Sorry about the response above.

Your block is beautiful and so is your fabric choice.

Me, too. I'd much rather not have the diagonals on the outsides of the blocks.

Ok I will repeat :D. Thank you for your interest in my topic and I appreciate all of the great advice. I am going to proceed in the direction I started with and if it doesn't work I will learn something new (costly but most mistakes in life are costly this is how we learn. That is what I plan to tell my husband anyway hope he buys it )
Daffy Daphne, thank you for that great catch, I am not sure what happened will remeasure the squares. They are the ones that you cut to make into 6.5 inch square.
Thank you for the complements on the fabric I am using they are very rich in color and the picture really doesn't do them justice.

Your colors in the fabric selected are beautiful. Your crocheted table cloth is beautiful.

I made the big star quilt using their video and I didn't have any problems with bias. I don't even think I used starch.here is a picture of mine. It was a very fun and easy quilt to do!