I do this every time I use this type of piecing. I absolutely HATE working on the bias, especially an exposed bias edge. I have found my points are as near to perfect as possible for me when I use squares and rectangles to speed piece these triangular pieces. I have a huge tote at home of all various sized HST blocks ready and waiting for a quilt that will probably be a Bonnie Hunt one since hers require a ton of pieces. Her leaders and enders are awesome.

There is a quilting book named "TWO FOR THE MONEY" by Jo Parrot, pulished by That Patchwork Place. I learned the technique of using left overs for a second quilt from that book. I have made two quilts: "Double Stars" and "Hope of Hartford". I am planning smaller quilts or lap robes for useing the left overs. Blessings to all of you quilters who like to use every scrap of fabric. :lol:

Thank u 4 sharing this great :idea:

I hate to waste fabric. this is a great tip. thanks.

I agree to save if the pieces are large enough. I, too, am working on a project that will create a huge stash of these leftovers. So, I'm sewing them together to create the 2nd HST and plan to use these small squares as the inside border. I'm sure I'll still have more leftovers so they'll go into something else....maybe the pillowcase border??

great idea thanks

I do that, too!

I often use the cut away hsts for a border or inner border. Got the idea from a pattern called stretched stars.

Thank you. I'm a newbie and just getting ready to make that seam on Connecting Threads' Artichoke table runner kit.

Great idea! :thumbup: Hate wasting fabric too!