Great idea Oma (I could never get my GD to call me that, she does call DH Opa though). Were your squares 9.5 inches? I think I might have just figured out what my next quilt will be. Thank you for the inspiration.

If I want to make a 12 " block - what size should my triangles be using this technique?

Thanks! :thumbup:

But a formula would be nice to have, in case we have a block we want to make that is not on the chart. By the chart, I don't see a pattern in the sizes to be able to come up with this myself - anyone out there have the FORMULA????

I love making them this way. I just used them to make flying geese around a wall hanging for my gd.

I made a bunch of these for charity quilts once and, upon complaining to fellow quilters that I was uneasy with the bias edges, one suggested I cut the original square on the bias, thus making the criss-cross cuts on straight of grain. Hum-m, need to go to sewing room and try this out. Just might work....not for sure.

This looks too easy but I'll try it. Thanks.

Dawneda

Sometimes when you see something like this, it looks so simple you wonder why you didn't think of it before! Thanks so much for sharing this. You have just saved many of your sewing sisters many hours of work. I'm looking forward to trying your method!

thanks for the quick tip.

Personally I feel that using the sizing on the block really helps with squaring it up. I still have a problem sometimes. If I am cutting a block that is just a two piece block, I always add 1/2 " to the block and there is lots of room for squaring up. Some of the well-know quilters do this and that is where I got it. I always use sizing on all my blocks and it is the one tool that really is helpful to me. Try both ways and see what works for you.

I've never seen this before & it is so clever! Thanks so much. I have to go now. I'm making a million half-square triangles!