{"id":33934,"date":"2016-09-19T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=33934"},"modified":"2020-09-22T10:02:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:02:51","slug":"quilt-class-hsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/quilt-class-hsts\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilt Class: Making Half Square Triangles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago, I saw an episode of Love of Quilting where Jo Morton was the guest. She was showing a technique for making half square triangles that blew my mind. Based on what I saw Marianne and Jo do on the show, I tried the technique and was pleased with the results.<\/p>\n

I found this half square triangle (HST) technique to be one of the best I have seen. It is straightforward, there is a minimum of dealing with bias and the squares magically appear all at once.<\/p>\n

There are a number of different tutorials for making HSTs (half square triangles\/triangle squares) and I link to some of them below. My technique below makes 8 HSTs at a time and can be used for the Double Pinwheel<\/a> that is part of the Quilt Class tutorials<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is more of an informational tutorial than a tutorial related to certain blocks. HSTs are a component in many, many blocks designs, so learning to make HSTs using this method will come in handy<\/p>\n

I started with 5″ squares, which is the size they used on the show. The 5″ squares make 8 HSTs. I thought it would be a great way to use charm packs. For other sizes, I have created the AQ HST Size Chart<\/a>. You need this chart to find the sizes of the various pieces to make other block patterns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supply list<\/strong>:<\/p>\n