Today's Quilter - UK (2019-07)

Makingthe Half-square

triangles

4

Placea 6inprintedfabricsquare

anda 6inbackground fabric

square RST.

5

Drawa linecornertocorner

alongbothdiagonalsandsew

infromthemarkedlinesorasI

liketo– useainseamrulerand

placeexactlyinthecornersalongthe

diagonal,marka lineoneithersideof

therulerandrepeatfortheopposite

diagonalthensew on the marked

lines(Fig1).

6

Cutyoursquarealongthevertical

andhorizontalhalfwaylines,and

throughthe centres of the diagonals

(Fig2).

7

Youshouldnowhaveeight(8)HST

units. Press seams open(Fig3).

8

SquareupyourHSTunitsto

measure 2 insquare.Make

surethediagonalseamis exactly

45-degrees and bisects the corners.

9

Repeatsteps4-8tomakeseven-

hundred-and-sixty-eight(768)

HSTunitsintotal.Disregardthirty-

six (36) HST units – these could be

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PROJECT l starburst

Fig 2 Fig 3