Saturday, September 22, 2012

Half Square Triangle Blocks

At the Australian Machine Quilter's Festival next week I am going to be doing some demonstrations.  One of which will be the myriad things you can do with HSTs.  Today I have been working on some sample blocks and here they are dangling from my clothesline....

This is a Carpenter's Wheel that I've made with the scraps from this quilt....


Some kind of HST block made from the scraps of this quilt....  Does anyone know if this block has a name?


I am going to turn them into cushions.  I was hoping to have that done before Festival, but the probability of that happening is dwindling every day....


Here are some 8" blocks made out of my 30s stash.  I love them.  This first one is the Simple Flower basket block...


Anvil....


A modified Castles in Spain block.....


And one of my all time favourites, Baby Bunting.....



Here they are dangling in the breeze.  I plan to make them into a sampler once I've finished them all.


This little scrappy number was made with my 22.5 degree dresden ruler to create tumbler blocks.  I am also going to turn it into a cushion for my son's room.  The likelihood of this happening is slightly higher.  Very slightly...


Now I am off to turn these......

into this.....






By Monday.  Wish me luck.

8 comments:

  1. Sorry, you have been so busy but I ended up laughing out loud at your final sentence. Hope you manage to achieve all you aim to!

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  2. I can picture you sewing your fingers to the bone, but it will be worth it! And, I agree with you, HSTs are infinitely awesome in any project. Have fun at the show and good luck with the demos!

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  3. I love half square triangles. So many patterns to choose from.

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  4. So many fun things to do with half square triangles :)

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  5. Hmmm - I think there will be some steam rising from your machine! Good luck with the demonstrations too - what fun!

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  6. Loving those HST and I hope that you are bear to finishing that quilt as it is Sunday already ;-)

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  7. I swear that there is no better block than the humble, but mighty, HST. Love your blocks. The Carpenter Star is one of my absolute favorites of all time. Yours is so pretty! : )

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