sonisew

If I was to take two 9-1/2 fabrics and sewed them together right sides together, corner to corner (diagonally) and then sew down the middle of the 2 fabrics and cut them apart right beside each sewn seam.

When it cut apart I would have 4 half triangles.

Do you think that would work?

scrapykate

yep, that would work. there is also a tut about half square triangles that has you sew all around the square and cut an X in the square and it gives you 4 half square triangle as well.

scrapykate

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-36008-1.htm

this is another way to make a lot of 1/2 sq traingles, haven't tried it.

MissSandra

this is why i love thangles and there is another brand out there that makes 4 at once also with just sewing two lines i cant remember the name of them wishing something. makes my life easy in my little quilt world

mltquilt

I use this same type of method but sew across both diagonals, cut it into 4 sqs and then cut the diagonal line. Makes 8 HSTs. This is an Eleanor Burns method. Using 6" squares I get 2-1/2" HSTs after they are trimmed.

mltquilt

amma

The way you described will work just fine.
This other method, puts the bias edges on the outside of the block, making handling them a little more tricky :wink: :D:D:D