Just preparing the fabric and paper seems to take up as much time as just cutting squares in half. You are still cutting squares to recut into triangles. I dont see any time saving.

Did you watch the video, Rose Marie? It honestly is much faster. For one thing, you don't have separate squares to cut for the centers and for the triangles.

In the "regular" technique, you would cut different squares - for a 4" finished block, you would cut one square for the center. First, you have to figure out how big to cut it! I always have trouble remembering how big to cut the on-point squares. Then you need 2 - 4 7/8" squares for the corners (each cut in half diagonally to make 4 triangles.) This way, you just cut one big square and slice the corners off - you get all the five pieces at once. It is particularly effective for scrap quilts.


I drafted and printed the paper pattern in about 2 minutes. If I were doing it with graph paper it would take one minute.

Oh - I measured my blocks. For my practice pieces, I cut 8" squares. The blocks are 7 1/4", so they will be 6 3/4" when they are sewn together.

i agree with cathe.

just to check it out i used the method with leftovers for a trial run.

much much faster and easier. i love the no-math part.