I remember my first project with half square triangles. I sewed the squares together on the diagonal, cut them in half, pressed and then trimmed. What did I know about trimming and using the diagonal line as a reference? Nope – I just laid the ruler on my half square…
With all of our lucky fabrics picked out and cut, the next task is to make the Half Square Triangle (HST) units for the Lucky Monkey Tail Mug Rug. For this project the pieces are cut larger than required so that we can trim our units to the correct size.…
I felt that the lone star block on the tree skirt center was a bit too simple and decided to add a border to the tree skirt to dress it up a bit. I’m always looking for ways to make half square triangles easier and faster to make. They are…
Yesterday, you saw how to make a Friendship Star quilt block. The finished size of this block is 22½”. After it is quilted and bound, it will be a great little table topper or wall quilt. You could also add an outside border if you wanted to make it a…
Yesterday, we explored 4 ways to use the leftover half-square triangles, and as I mentioned, there are many other combinations. This Friendship Star quilt block is my favorite, so I decided to make a large block using several overlapping Friendship Stars quilt blocks and called the quilt the Friendship Star…