There is a 6 ½″ x 6 ½″ version as well as a bigger 9 ½″ x 9 ½″ option. It makes such quick work of squaring up HST blocks. Keep in mind: each drawn square only requires ONE diagonal line.Īnd sew the ¼″ seam allowances on both sides of the diagonal lines – not the straight grid lines.įinally, this Quilt in a Day ruler* is still my favorite. If you need 3″ finished HST blocks, draw a grid with 3 ½″ x 3 ½″ squares, etc. So for example: in this demo we need 4 ½″ x 4 ½″ finished HST blocks -> therefore we draw 5″ x 5″ squares.
To modify for other sizes: draw your grid squares ½″ bigger than the size of the finished HST blocks. This method will work on any sized HST blocks. (If you need 18 HST blocks, draw a grid with 9 squares, if you need 24 blocks, draw a grid with 12 squares.) You could make more or fewer triangles- just draw your grid with half the number of squares you’d like to make at once.
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This video shows how to make 16 half square triangle blocks (HST) at once. Since this pattern has a bunch of half-square triangle blocks, I had some help from Katie Blakesley of Swim Bike Quilt shooting a video with some helpful tips for mass-producing lots of half-square triangles at once.
My Hopscotch quilt (pictured above) is an example of a quilt with a lot of repeated half-square triangle pieces. How to Make Half Square Triangle Quilt Blocks: I thought I’d share my favorite tip for getting them done quickly and accurately. Half Square Triangles are one of the most common building blocks for many quilts – traditional or modern.
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