Showing posts with label Quilting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quilting. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Half Square Triangles

In the 15, or so, years I have been quilting, I have tried every method there is to make half square triangles or HST to those in the quilting world...


I thought I would share with you my method. 

Rather than cutting (for instance) 2 7/8" squares, I cut 3" squares. I always round up to the nearest 1/2" or 1". Then I cut them in half on the diagonal and sew the pieces back together. 


Cutting them in half is something I never wanted to do because I use so many wovens and the bias thing just irritated me. After taking classes from Cheri, I gave in. I will say it's so much faster and because I've cut my original squares a tad bigger, I can square them up perfectly...

Happy Quilting!!!



Monday, September 29, 2014

Gettin' my Cheri on...

I've plunged into the mass of fabric scraps to pull for
 the common threads quilt by Cheri!



I'm lucky enough to be able to take the class from Cheri herself
at my favorite quilt shop with some of my favorite people!

And have I mentioned lately, how much I LOVE my sewing box
from The Original ScrapBox! It just makes everything pretty!