This is such an easy, cool way to make HST!
Basically, the method is this...
Cut two squares, place them right sides together, sew a quarter inch seam all the way around the outside.
Cut the unit on the diagonals.
Finger press the HST open.
Press open...carefully. I finger press, press, then spritz with a dab of starch and press again.
Yes, they are on the bias, but I haven't found a problem with it...even before I was using starch. As long as you're careful with them, there's no problem.
Next, they need to be trimmed down.
Once you've trimmed, you have a perfect 3 1/2" HST.
I did some experimenting to find out just how big to cut the squares and I found that the perfect size is 5¾". If you cut the squares at 5½", it's just too small, and if you cut the squares at 6", you waste a lot of fabric when you trim the squares.
Here's the trimmings left over if you use 5¾" squares.
I hope this helps those of you who are working on clue 2. Clue 3 is coming this Friday!
4 comments:
If you cut your original squares on the bias, then your triangle square units would end up with edges on the straight of grain. It does look like a cook method for making half-square triangles 4 at a time.
Thank you for posting this! What a neat and easy way to do hst.
That's so clever. I also had the same thought as Sophie about the original squares. I've never seen this before so I'll have to try it.
You are on top of things. I am going to have to wait until after the holidays to start mine. Thanks for the tip on half square triangles.
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