ACCURATE 4 X 3 INCHES HOW TO

Open the fabric pieces and press the seams open. Cut on both diagonals to get four pieces. Sew around the outside a scant 1/4вЂі from the edge. Place two squares of fabric right side together. For example, a 5вЂі charm square will give you four 3.18вЂі unfinished HSTs, which means you can trim them to 3вЂі square and end up with 2.5вЂі finished HSTs once all sewn up. IвЂ™ve left the measurements вЂњrawвЂќ so that you can work out how much excess you want to work with. The math for the alternative methods is a lot more complex, and instead weвЂ™re working with the unfinished measurements вЂ“ that is, what size the HSTs are before youвЂ™ve sewn them all together.

It does create bias edges, but careful pressing (donвЂ™t вЂњironвЂќ back and forth, just press down with a hot iron and no steam) and pinning if you need that extra security should mean that you donвЂ™t get any bias stress. This method uses larger squares of fabric but you create 4 HST units from the fabric. You may need to trim down to even them all up or to achieve a specific size, depending on how accurate your cutting and sewing is! Cut along the drawn line, open the fabric pieces and press the seams open.

Sew 1/4вЂі from either side of the line backstitch at each end to secure your seams. Draw a line diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner.Дў. However, I would highly recommend adding the whole inch to leave yourself some excess to trim so as to improve your accuracy. To determine what size squares you need to cut, all you need to know is what finished size you need вЂ“ that is, what size you want them to be once all sewn together вЂ“ and then add 7/8вЂі to that measurement. This method is also really good for chain piecing, although it can be easy to lose track of which line youвЂ™re supposed to be sewing 1/4вЂі away fromвЂ¦ Or is that just me?!

The benefit of this method is youвЂ™re working with the grain of the fabric, and therefore less chance of stretching when sewing the units together. This method will create 2 HST units from your two pieces of fabric. Both require two squares of fabric, but the size and method of sewing will determine how many HSTs you create in one go.

ACCURATE 4 X 3 INCHES HOW TO

You can make them any size, in any fabric and today IвЂ™m showing you how to make them using the two most popular methods вЂ“ the traditional method and the alternative method. The number of ways in how you use them is endless, and the number of HST quilt blocks surely number in the thousands! I would have to say that HST quilt blocks are my favourite for this very reason. Half-square triangles, or HSTs, are one of the top quilt block units in quilting.

Accurate 4 x 3 inches