I am new to quilting; What does HST's mean? and since I'm asking can anyone tell me what a ufo is? sorry to be so ignorant.

BTW I love this way of making the triangles.

HSTs are half square triangles and ufo is unfinished objects I think. there is a list of all hte abreviations here on the board somewhere. I'd have to look to find it.

I'm glad you like my way of doing the HSTs. I think it is easier than the other methods.

Rhonda, First, thank you for my templates..they are very nice. Second, I had seen your tutorial and for some reason I could not remember where it was. I'm so thankful to find it again. It is so much easier..

glad you like it! I like it better than the other methods I've seen.

Thanks for this great method!

You can find all of my methods here:

Rhonda's Workshops and Classes
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tags/wo...d+classes.html

Bookmarks /Checkbook cover /Keychains/ Mouse Pad/ and more
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Rhonda's Block directions
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tags/bl...by+rhonda.html

Boston Block directions / Wings Blocks / Star Point Blocks/
Easy half square triangle blocks/ and more
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Rhonda's Sampler Quilt - Blocks of the Week Sampler
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tags/bl...by+rhonda.html

All the threads where I posted 3 new quilt blocks each week for
making a sampler with my designs
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Picture Threads of Rhonda's Patchwork Items
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tags/pi...by+rhonda.html

All or most of my threads on the quiltingboard where I posted
pictures of the things I have made with my cut down methods.

You're very welcome. I love to help other quilters by sharing my methods

best method i have seen, thanks for the clear tutorial. no waste.

Rhonda, I received your templates quite a while ago and I want to thank you again for them. I have not used them yet as I had a suck your life away job that didn't leave me much quilting time. I remedied that thank goodness and am starting to quilt again. I have a question about your tacking, can you go into more detail about that? Thanks

I put a stitch or two in the same spot and that is tacking. I put a tack on the edge where the seam will go through. Then I tack across anywhere seams meet. This helps to keep the fabric from moving. It's best to put the tack where the seam is going to go through. That way you dont' have to take it back out.

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I think this an hour glass patch, not a 4-patch. Four patches are 4 squares sewn together.

I liked all the information on this thread. Have tried some of it.

Hey, Bear... did you call my name? <G> I am definitely OCD about bias cuts! <G>

Thanks, Rhonda. Sent you a PM.

thank you for sharing this idea, I'm new to quilting and find this short cut easy to do.