More Quilt As You Go

      I completed all the blocks for Rainbow Flower, but when I moved the blocks disappeared.  But it was so easy I may try it again.

     This is an 8" block, so cut batting 9" and backing 10".  Each strip finishes at 2" so I would cut 3" strips because I use a 1/2" seam allowance. 

     Position 2" yellow square at upper left corner.  Lay 2" pink square right sides facing over yellow square and stitch in place.  Open out.  Lay pink strip right sides together covering yellow and pink strip.  Cut off even with bottom of pink strip and stitch in place.

Continue adding strips until block is finished.

Below are other designs that can be used with this technique.

Half Square Triangles

     I am obsessed with triangles.  I mentioned before that I cut any leftover scraps into 2: triangles and toss them into a box.  I've decided to use up all those triangles and currently have six quilts in progress.



  For this I sorted the triangles into color groups.  Each block of 25 squares is a different color group.  I plan to set them with white lattice strips.







Half square trangles were made into pinwheels and set with plain white 4" squares.

 

 

I don't know the name of this pattern but the block finishes at 16".  It may look like quarter square triangles, but is three rows of half square triangles set on the diagonal and filled with a half triangle.

 



Lady of the Lake

 

Delectable Mountains

 

 

Designs for half square triangles are limitless.  Many regular patterns use them and are easily adapted to a scrap quilt, either by using scraps for each trangle or using color blocks separated by lattice strips or white squares.

 

 

 

                                        

 

Hey, those are quarter square triangles.  What are they doing here?  Well, I find that quarter square triangles are time consuming to piece and require too much effort to make sure they come out right.  By sewing together to half squae triangles, I now have a quarter square triangle that took only seconds to piece.  Try it, it is much easier.