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Posted by KittyG on February 2, 2008, 7:30 pm
Hi Maria, that's how I do it too. Great timesaver, you can double it up as
well. Can't remember where I first learned that but was so happy I
did...one of H. Hargrove's books maybe?
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> If you want to do some really fast HST, cut squares of your two
> fabrics measuring twice the size of your finished pieces PLUS one inch
> on each side. Put them together, RST, and draw diagonal lines from
> corner to corner. Sew a scant 1/4" away from the lines on either side
> of them. Cut the fabric in quarters, cutting horizontally and
> vertically across the centers. Then cut each of the four resulting
> squares on the drawn line. Press each of the EIGHT HSTs open and trim
> if needed. Neat trick, huh?
> Maria in NE PA
>> A half-square triangle (HST) is just a square, cut on the diagnonal, and
>> sewn with another of a different fabric, to recombine into square. We
>> all have different favorite methods. Here's one way to make
>> them:http://quilting.about.com/od/quickpiecingtechniques/ss/halfsquaretria...
>> --Lia
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> fabrics measuring twice the size of your finished pieces PLUS one inch
> on each side. Put them together, RST, and draw diagonal lines from
> corner to corner. Sew a scant 1/4" away from the lines on either side
> of them. Cut the fabric in quarters, cutting horizontally and
> vertically across the centers. Then cut each of the four resulting
> squares on the drawn line. Press each of the EIGHT HSTs open and trim
> if needed. Neat trick, huh?
> Maria in NE PA
>> A half-square triangle (HST) is just a square, cut on the diagnonal, and
>> sewn with another of a different fabric, to recombine into square. We
>> all have different favorite methods. Here's one way to make
>> them:http://quilting.about.com/od/quickpiecingtechniques/ss/halfsquaretria...
>> --Lia
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