Half Square Triangle Mania!
Well, now that I am done with my Swoon quilt I can move on
to other things. In this quilt pattern there were quite a few flying geese
blocks. Usually when I trim away the corners I just whack them off with a
scissors. But, in this case, I actually used my rotary cutter so all of my
trimmings were consistent. I then sewed them all up and made a big pile of half
square triangles.
They all had to be squared up, so I got out my favorite
squaring-up tools.
My Brooklyn revolver
mat- you can find one of those here:
and my bloc-loc ruler. You can find those here:
The rulers come in all sizes. They have a groove on the
backside so the ruler nestles beautifully in the seam allowance which makes
trimming a breeze. Nothing moves! I have several- and have used every one!
They now have flying geese rulers as well. I have had my eye on them for a
while. Maybe one of these days!
So- what am I going to make with all of these half square
triangles? Camille at Simplify has a great half square triangle sheet showing
several layouts. You can find that here-
I decided to make a
small wallhanging/table topper. I used every single one of my leftover half
square triangles! I can’t wait to start quilting this. I so enjoy working on
smaller pieces as it is easier for me to practice my machine quilting on the
smaller size quilts. I may use a variegated thread in the border- what do you
think?
Sew on!
Courtenay
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