24456 shares Facebook Pinterest Email Print Half square triangles are a quilt shape with a fairly transparent name: they’re triangles that are made from half a square each. MY LATEST VIDEOS There are several ways to make half-square triangles (commonly abbreviated HSTs in the quilting world)...
Practice your half-square triangle making skills with this simple 12 block sampler quilt! Instructions for 2-at-a-time and 4-at-a-time half-square triangle construction included. You’ll be more comfortable making half-square triangles in no time! Finished Size: 54"x67" Fabric Requirements: ...
It’s a classic and traditional quilt pattern that works really well with a variety of fabrics for a scrappy look. My freeCozy Corners patternuses an entirelayer cake(no background fabric needed!) turned into giant half-square triangles for a simple and cozy throw quilt. Click here to get ...
My sister gave me a fun new sewing book,Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle* by Jeni Baker (who blogs atIn Color Order), and I decided it was time to dive in again. I still hadn’t figured out a present for her, so I looked for the simplest (relatively speaking) pattern ...
Half-Square Triangle Tutorial, a photo byjenib320on Flickr. Let's talk Half-Square Triangles! As I've said before, HSTs are a great building block for many different quilt blocks and patterns and therefore learning how to make them is important! I've used lots of photos for this tutorial...
Welcome to the Half-Square Triangle Block of the Month! For each month in 2012, I'll present a quick tutorial for a traditional quilt block using half-square triangles (HST)! It's going to be a lot of fun, feel free to join in at any time! For past posts seehere. ...
Find the main quilt sandwich base piece for each hot pad. The next step is to diagonally quilt through all the layers of each quilt sandwich. Our quilting lines are ½” apart. We used a Walking foot with a quilting bar to keep things at an even distance. You could also pre-draw li...
For drawing those pesky half-square triangle lines I like to use either a pencil or a marking pen. My favorite one is theblack Frixion pens*. They are nice and smooth so I find them easier to use than pencils, but they are still nice and thin. I recently picked up theclicker version...