Wait wait wait, that scrap of fabric btwn bits of sewing to hang on to the thread... this blew my mind, I love it so much. Prob one of my biggest frustrations, solved. Bam.
I watch 3 or 4 tutorials and it’s just a foreign language to me. I watch you and listen to you and for some reason it penetrates my brain. Thank you for sharing your gift of teaching with us!
I just started quilting a month ago thru a group at church and I was able to follow this tutorial. Easy, straightforward, top notch tips AND the chart at the end is ** chef's kiss **. This isn't being taught in our class but I saw it in a quilting book and knew I had to include triangle squares in my project. Thanks so much for sharing this!! I appreciate you!
Thank you! The project I am working on has 200 2.5 half square triangles. I will definitely practice this a couple of times and go for it. Sewing twenty five squares together will be much easier than 100 smaller ones. Now to find that info on sizes.
You are too good in explaining, loved it . My request to you is , can you give the measurements chart for making 4 hst at a time , will be helpful. Thanks dear🤗🤗
Triangles = panic, sweating, avoidance, thoughts of un-sewing-, biased edges aversion and projects left unfinished!!! I had a huge applique BOM quilt that I couldn't finish because of 23 light and 23 dark triangles!! The pattern, from a popular quilting design team was from 1999- (but I just recently discovered it) had a triangle template that said add seam allowance!! Would that let me stand in the way of not finishing this project, that I worked hard to hand applique over the last year?!? It sat unfinished way longer than it should have UNTIL I found this video. This is hands down the MOST PERFECT METHOD -- you can quote me and trademark it-- for making half square triangles! Thank you to infinity and back. This method is so perfect I may make an entire quilt using just triangles-- for an avid applique lover-- that IS turning to the dark side... lol. Love it!!
Thank you for sharing the HST.I was looking for how to make a 4.78 "HST using your method. The way I do this size now is cut a 5" square and then cut it to size. All suggestions accepted.
Hi Lisa, Was happy to see this video still available😀! Haven’t made half square triangles in a long time🫢. I was trying to make them one at a time w/o accurate measurements😮! Thank you, Mary 🍀
I'm just getting started in quilting, and am looking for instructional videos. This was very, very helpful! I love the chart you gave. Thank you for sharing your talents here.
Thank you so much! I saw this on another site, but it was years ago. Thank you for giving such concise directions and even more for the fabulous chart at end!😃
This was an excellent tutorials. Very clean and easy to understand. The only thing I would like to know is I want to use a 10” layered cake fabric to make 16 HST. Maybe it doesn’t work. Brains isn’t computing that math…yikes. Help please. I want to start making more half square triangles. There are so many quilts using HST. Thank you. You’re doing an awesome job. 🥰
I am so glad I found this video - as the pattern I am using called for buying "recipe cards" for paper piecing the HSTs. I didn't feel that was necessary to purchase and that there had to be another way - and there IS. I need a little more practice as I don't have the precision quite down, any tips for that? Your videos have helped me so much. Thank you!
Thank you! This is very useful. And seeing how it's done you don't really need a chart if your willing to do a little math. 2x ( size of finished HST) +. 75 = (size of starting squares), Wow, now I can calculate to make any size HST. I have subscribed. ❤️😁
Lisa, I just love 💗 all the tips and tricks of sewing 🧵 quilting and creative things that You bring to Me on Your channel! Thank You so much 😊 Hugs and Smiles-Marie
This method and your concise explication of it helped me enormously! I'm currently working on a wall hanging for Christmas and was falling behind but this evening I made 72 HSTs! Which is almost all I need. Thanks a lot!
It's now MY favourite way, too. Very helpful and precise. I'm going to cut out my solid fabrics to make Postcards from Sweden quilt. Many, many thanks for your lovely demo and size chart. You rock, sista! :)
Smart as! Loved it, very clear and loved that u gave measurements to different sizes... totally newbie here n going to make cushion pillowcase covers (old ones look very nasty after years of torture) Thanks again!
they are called leaders and enders......Leaders and enders accomplish several things: They prevent a thread nest from forming on the underside of your stitching. They save thread by eliminating long tails of thread that need to be cut off. They maintain a more consistent stitching environment, especially at the beginning of a piece. In other words, there is less chance of wobbling and of fabric being drawn down into the needle hole of the throat plate. They force you to clip your thread tails. They prevent your needle from unthreading. If you piece scraps of fabric for the leaders and enders, you will be piecing together a scrap quilt at the same time.
I'm just learning to quilt and made a rectangle pattern for 3 pillow covers for my children. Now I want to make the triangle pattern and your video was fabulous. Thank you for your concise instructions and the instructions for different sized hst.
those are called leaders and enders :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WjJ0QJSuxZg.htmlsi=RpzI4kYAh71eJHPk Here's a video telling why I love using them
