What have you made with those small
 

When making flying geese - and you cut the triangles off the back side, have you saved those and made anything with them?
I seem to have a decent size box of these and I know someone is bound to have used these in something.
I'd really appreciate seeing any projects you could share! Thanks in advance :)

Jan

I don't use the waste method to make flying geese anymore. I figured up the difference for one quilt I was going to make and it was a full yard of fabric difference. You can just sew them together and then look thru Bonnie Hunter's website, I think it's www.quiltville.com, for some of her patterns that use half square triangles.

I have sewed the triangles together and used them in quilts like this one. I hate throwing good pieces of fabric away.

Saved them. Haven't made anything yet.

Make mug rugs!!

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I don't use that method either. Last time I made flying geese, I used Eleanor Burns' ruler and really liked that method - very little waste and perfect flying geese. However... if you already have all those triangles, the suggestions you've been given are really cute.

Oh, yes on Eleanor Burns' ruler and flying geese method. I tried three different ways on one table runner in my search to do flying geese that were accurate and easy. After listening to me complain and whine for several days, Mom finally said, "Well, let's go look for that ruler." YAY! We found it...it was a good day for her, and so it was for me to have her be able to find the ruler. Came home and did the remaining geese in less than the time it took to do one of the other methods. That ruler is worth the money.
Nanny's dollface: That's one cute quilt! Very spirited!

I made this from scraps. You can find the full post here
http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...5-100_4831.jpg

Nanny's doll face, your quilt is awesome.

I have a mixture of these type of cuttings in a large envelop and not sure where it is. Not sure what I will do with them yet.

I have a friend (I use that term loosely after this - lol) who gave me baggies of her 'trimmings'. I sat down one afternoon and made 450 HST's. I have spent the last few days working on trimming them down to 1.5" squares. I have bundled them into sets of four and am making pinwheels out of them. They end up being 2.5" and play nicely in a nine patch with plain blocks. I am not sure what I am going to do with the nine patches but they will be easier to deal with than the smaller blocks. I have been saving the trimmings in a baggie to give back to her - lol.

I don't save them to use. I just put them in the "scrap" box and when that is full, pass the whole thing on to another quilter.

It's nice to know I'm not alone in saving these! or not using them! And to you who shared your projects, thanks so much! It's nice to be able to get my mind off of high center and be able to start visualizing something real instead of all these little pieces :).

LOL a true friendship!

Love your little quilt!! So cute!!!

I saved about 1000 or so that were all sewn together. They would trim up to finish at 1 inch HST. I squared up about 20 with the plan of making the Lady in the Lake pattern. After realizing I'd go crazy before I ever finished if I worked with stuff that small, I sent them off as a "hostess gift" to one of the ladies on the board that likes postage stamp sized things.

I've made them into tiny pinwheels and plan to use as cornerstones in sashings.

What perfect timing for this ? I just finished using these cut offs on a little quilt and always happy to share a picture.
they are very usful bits and as all the pictures here show, make very nice projects.

This one is going into Rhonda's 4th Wall Hanging Swap in October.

Rose Petals, an original design:


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Hope you give them a try.
peace

I have oodles of these , too. At a quilt class we were given the idea of the use of HST. When marking your diagonal line for stitching make another diaggonal 1/5" from the first line. Stitch on both lines and you now have 2 usable HSTS. The idea was to use them in a border for the same or different quilt. I like the doll quilt shown above. It is awesome all the hints and ideas to be found on QB.

i had made a quilt with lots of snowball blocks, so i used this technique and had tons of useable HSTs

this is one quilt where I used the small triangles I cut off making the main blocks, and the patriotic one I used them up making the quilt wider.

well, i finally found a picture of a UFO that i made with tiny red and white triangles. i've always wanted a Tree of Life. i think it remained a UFO because i tried to micro quilt in the white space and didn't like the results. i unstitched the quilting that i'd done and i think the holes have disappeared now LOL
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oh that is tiny!! I always thought I would make a large quilt with those tree blocks but never did. lots of work!!

I sew them together , and save for borders in scrappy quilts.

beautiful works ladies, keep them coming, and thanks for sharing your lovely works of art.

What terrific quilters we have in this group. It makes me want to dig out all my tiny triangles and attempt something. Not certain what, but the idea is forming.

WoW! I'm so impressed with the projects and creativity y'all have completed! Gives me hope lol

I am in awe! But I'll be they will look really neat when finished in a quilt!

I also prefer Eleanor Burns ruler or doing HST's. Also, can't stand thangles - sorry, I know a lot of people love them.

Love all the ideas about the leftover triangles. All those quilts are gorgeous!

All of the quilts are just wonderful. Great way to use small pieces.

Not mine, but hope to make something similar in the future.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/6156719...-bu5eJD-e3NG24

yes, i've always admired that one

I have a lot of "corner" triangle leftovers from a 9patch/snowball table runner. Think I will make a mugrug from them.

very cool quilt normasews - ty for posting that link!

I saved 'em all, too, and didn't have the heart to just toss 'em. Here's what I did with them.
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When I use sew and trim method,I sew a second seam 1/2 in away from the first seam befor I cut it off.
That way they are already sewn together when I cut.I don't know how I would match them up after cut and set aside.They are usually so small about all I use them for is a small bag or maybe a block for something else.Don't throw them away.Use them somehow.

Added them into a border in the quilt. Jazzed it up a bit!

I don't have the patience to do a large project with them. But...you can do some small projects that won't drive you crazy, like pincushions, cosmetic pouches, tissue covers, mugrugs or coasters. Add some Christmas colors and make ornaments or a tree skirt.

I made some placemats with mine - put them in a barn raising pattern. They are great

I sew my trimmings together right away so I don't have to figure out which ones fit together later. But I wait to trim them into a square until I'm putting them in a project, so they are all trimmed to the correct size for that project. I find I am more accurate with flying geese blocks if I start with a rectangle the size of the finished flying geese block and sew on the squares and trim. I don't feel I am wasting the fabric, as I have the part I trim off all sewn for a 1/2 sq. triangle project later. I love scrappy quilts, so this just gets my juices flowing fun projects with scrappy 1/2 sq. triangles.