Did you see my post about my Crazy life & the announcement I did yesterday? If not...
That means I'm not able to sew up the fun projects I normally do for Saturday. But I'll get back to soon, so in the meantime, I'll share tutorials and tips and other free projects I've done over the years. Will that work?
Today I want to share a tool that makes our lives easier when doing half square triangles. This is the one I personally use to trim Half Square Triangles when making two at a time.
I like this Quilt in a Day ruler because one side has the numbers in halves, and the other side has full number.
I adore making and using HST in quilts and since I over size and then trim, this is a much quicker method to get the accurate final square.
Most of the time our HST are a half number and final size is a full number.
For example = A FINISHED 4" sized HST is 4 1/2" before we sew it into our block.
Find the 4 1/2" line on the ruler.
Place that 4 1/2" line on the SEAM of the HST.
This is the key!
Now you see there is fabric hanging out both sides. I like to somewhat center the ruler and trim twice instead of trying to trim just one side.
But you can experiment with your units to see what works best for you.
I trimmed the triangle perfectly...
ready to open it up!
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You will press open the triangle to create a perfect square.
I usually press to the darker side.
And there you go, a quicker way to trim up oversized HST units for perfect squares every time!
Do you have something you'd like me to do a tutorial on? Leave me a comment!
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