Knee Deep in HST

HST is not a new vitamin 

or appetite depressant.

I have been dreaming in HST's.

Counting and sorting,and 

recounting HST's.

HST stands for half square triangles.

For my non-quilting friends, it when

 two triangles are sewn together on the

diagonal and makes a square.

I have been making 250 HST's for a red and white quilt

and the shop has had this exchange class going on so

I had made a couple of hundred  for that as well.

 

Using  a paper piecing method, is the perfect

way to do it.

It's done with 2 strips of fabrics placed right sides together 

with the printed paper on top.

I like to sew with the lightest fabric placed next 

the paper.

Then you sew on dotted lines and cut on

the solid lines. 

It makes for accurate sewing.

These squares finish at 2.5".

Press the pieces open before you remove the paper.

It helps to keep the fabric from stretching.

I press the seam towards the darkest fabric.

Next choose a good movie because

cutting off the fabric ears 

 and tearing off the paper

will take a bit of time.

But it will be worth it.

That batch is done.

Now I'll start on the ones from the exchange.

But first I have to put in another movie.

Until Next Time-