Bonus HST's From Flying Geese
 

Another..."Maybe everyone already knows this..." but it was news to me so I thought I'd share.
I'm taking a class to make a quilt that is made up of Flying Geese and the instructor is teaching us all different techniques. The first class was the one at a time method, but instead of wasting anything, she taught us to make bonus HST's out of the piece I would normally just snip off.

If it's too hard to read, let me know and I'll type it out.

Watson

I really like the rectangle and two squares method of making geese. I used to be very precise in my cutting and sewing and I've switched to a slice and dice cut large and trim down style of quilting. It doesn't really waste very much fabric, I'm actually more precise in my end results, and for me it's happier as well as faster.

I also use it for the HST, where I draw a line down the middle and depending on what I'm doing I either sew on that line or cut on that line. Again, for small units there really is very little waste and with larger units you can use those extra HST.

So here's two quilts in one! Picture one is "Mayflower" a traditional block much like Winding Ways but no curve. Picture two is Broken Dishes that I made from the excess HST from the Mayflower project.

I have learned something new again. I have saved this information for future use.

great save. thank you.

I've using the bonus HST's for years, only not only from flying geese, snowball blocks, etc. Only problem is, now I have hundreds (probably) that need to be squared up and used. I'll get there sometime. LOL

Oh yes, i hate waste.

Two years ago I made my niece a wedding quilt that consisted of many snowballed blocks. I used this method for the HST and made her a dresser scarf to match.

Qthanks for this

Watson, that's a great tip, thanks!!!

Thanks for the link

I do that any time I am putting a square ona corner and diagonal stitching- flying geese, square in a square, snow blocks- if the corner is going to be cut off I stitch a second line and trim between the two lines so I always have stacks of half square triangle squares to play with when I’m scrap creating. It’s so much easier than sewing together the bias edge triangles and no waste. Win- win.

Not only does this turn scrap into usable pieces, it is also a time saver. Thanks.

Thank you for posting. Very helpful with the cost of fabric to not waste anything!

Thanks for the tutorial. I've made a few quilt [minis] from bonus HSTs

Yes Watson, I have seen this before on tutorials but getting a still picture certainly does make sense. Thank you for sharing.
Iceblossom-your quilts are beautiful and I especially like the "Broken Dish" one. No waste and that is good.

Very nice. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing...

I normally will stitch another line about 1/4"-3/8" from the other line to make exta HST if they're large enough and then put them in my "Extra blocks" container or I use them somewhere on the quilt or backing. Just hate throwing away good fabric if it can still be used. I always miter my strips when stitching them together such as sashings and borders. Some folks think that's such a waste but I don't throw them out but place them in my "Cutouts" container. You never know when you'll need a triangle for something. Only save them if they're large enough though again.

I used my cut offs from the stars, to make HST flying geese points, to frame around this panel.