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HST's are also handy to put in the corners of string or crumb blocks.
Last edited by oksewglad; 01-27-2019 at 07:04 AM.
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I also save HSTs for corners of QAYG string blocks for Linus quilts oksewglad.
If I've got a lot of HSTs to trim from a project, snowballs for example, I do sew a second time 1/2" from the stitch line so that when it is cut, I already have both triangles sewn together. IYSWIM
If I've got a lot of HSTs to trim from a project, snowballs for example, I do sew a second time 1/2" from the stitch line so that when it is cut, I already have both triangles sewn together. IYSWIM
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Oksewglad: Thanks for showing your use of the HSTs. I forget that I can use them for the corners of the diagonally-pieced strip blocks. I love the looks of those blocks but I am not a fan of sewing them for some reason although I will occasionally make them. I love your cow!
I sometimes cut too many triangles with my die cutter so I put them in a bag labeled with die number and finished size. When I am doing a scrappy pattern that needs triangles made into HSTs, I look first in my bags. I am making Bonnie Hunter's leader/ender challenge and looked in that specific bag for pairs before I cut more. I also cut random pieces of triangular scraps into the biggest triangle I can get out of it along with saving the cut off corners of snowballs, etc.
I sometimes cut too many triangles with my die cutter so I put them in a bag labeled with die number and finished size. When I am doing a scrappy pattern that needs triangles made into HSTs, I look first in my bags. I am making Bonnie Hunter's leader/ender challenge and looked in that specific bag for pairs before I cut more. I also cut random pieces of triangular scraps into the biggest triangle I can get out of it along with saving the cut off corners of snowballs, etc.
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Everyone's kind words are appreciated. I just hate to see fabric wasted...I was raised by Depression Era parents...the waste not, want not; use it up or do without generation. Their philosophy spilled over into my generation! I have learned to make flying geese blocks without corner squares that produce waste triangles, although I will admit it's hard to make snowballs any other way. In the BH quilt above, I cut a trapezoid template to make the frame around the 9P, rather than sew squares on the corner of a rectangle. Two less waste triangles that way!
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