Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
(Post 8200718)
Great use of leftover triangles, OK! I have used some of mine, but have to admit, most just get dropped into the trash bin. Maybe I should be saving them for you!
HST's are also handy to put in the corners of string or crumb blocks. |
Originally Posted by oksewglad
(Post 8200756)
HST's are also handy to put in the corners of string or crumb blocks. |
I also save HSTs for corners of QAYG string blocks for Linus quilts oksewglad.
If I've got a lot of HSTs to trim from a project, snowballs for example, I do sew a second time 1/2" from the stitch line so that when it is cut, I already have both triangles sewn together. IYSWIM |
Oksewglad, I never would have thought to use HST like you have. I admire people like you. All of them are beautiful. Mine go in the trash, but now I'm rethinking that. :thumbup:
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Oksewglad: Thanks for showing your use of the HSTs. I forget that I can use them for the corners of the diagonally-pieced strip blocks. I love the looks of those blocks but I am not a fan of sewing them for some reason although I will occasionally make them. I love your cow!
I sometimes cut too many triangles with my die cutter so I put them in a bag labeled with die number and finished size. When I am doing a scrappy pattern that needs triangles made into HSTs, I look first in my bags. I am making Bonnie Hunter's leader/ender challenge and looked in that specific bag for pairs before I cut more. I also cut random pieces of triangular scraps into the biggest triangle I can get out of it along with saving the cut off corners of snowballs, etc. |
Everyone's kind words are appreciated. I just hate to see fabric wasted...I was raised by Depression Era parents...the waste not, want not; use it up or do without generation. Their philosophy spilled over into my generation! I have learned to make flying geese blocks without corner squares that produce waste triangles, although I will admit it's hard to make snowballs any other way. In the BH quilt above, I cut a trapezoid template to make the frame around the 9P, rather than sew squares on the corner of a rectangle. Two less waste triangles that way!
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oksewglad,Never thought to make a template for the BH quilt. Thanks for the info!
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will be clearing off my cutting table today. It's a mess!
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Zozee inspired you, good luck NoraB.
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I'm in my office organizing EOY farm business stuff...what fun! Bits of paper can be as uncontrollable as bits of fabric! And I must be careful of what I throw away!
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