Some of it was fudging the seams and sometimes it was easing the sizes together - heck I even had to do that with my flying geese and I have no one else to blame but me for the irregular sizes . What I will say is it is much easier to work with starched fabric, when they are this size!

I do think that perhaps I ought to treat myself a new 6"x12" ruler though, most of the ink lines have worn off the back

I am currently working out my quilting designs and although I thought I would aim for Welsh style, the quilt wants North Country/Durham style - and what the quilt wants the quilt gets

Here is a link to the video Kathy mentioned: [url]daily-blog/103-good-advice/14753-margo-turns-hsts-into-pinwheels[/url]

And here is a video about opening the HST units and removing the papers: [url]daily-blog/103-good-advice/14744-margo-prepares-her-half-square-triangles[/url]

Jan, I noticed size discrepancies too. I did trim many of them, some of them were just too small to use so i put them aside. On Margo's tutorial about making pinwheels with HST's I saw her line up the OUTSIDE edges of the HST and sew the seam, letting the smaller seam allowance fall where the seam was sewn. If the larger one is the right size, then this was like a template for the smaller one. It worked very well for me. I didn't re-sew any of the HST's since I had around 650 of them!

It was very nice working with all the blocks made by our sisters and brothers in cloth. that quilt is a treasure to me.

Kathy

Wow, I have a lot to learn. I think I'll at least trim them to the same size. I want to do another small wall quilt with a star in the center. I have no idea what to border it with. Maybe a batik star with batik on the border. Thanks, Jan

A few of the HST's I received were just too small to use. A few were oversize, and I trimmed them. The rest seemed to fit together all right; small size discrepancies ended up in the seam allowances and/or being pressed into submission. I did carefully pin and glue-baste the seam intersections to ensure matching.

Jan...I did the same as Michelle , trimming and resewing as necessary.

Jan, after I took the papers off, I pressed each triangle and then measured them. Some were a tad to small, so I had to rip and resew them. A few were too large, and they were trimmed. I didn't mind doing this at all... I loved touching and fussing over each triangle I received from our sisters!

Rosemary, yours is one of my favorites!! Well, they are ALL favorites, if the truth be told! LOL But putting the names right on the FG is genius!! Can't wait to see it quilted!

Great quilt Rosemary. What a lot of work that must have been. Can't wait to see it quilted.

When I did my HST quilt I had trouble with the HST's not being the same size. Did all of you experienced quilters trim them before sewing?? Just wonderng how perfection was achieved.


Jan

Clara;

Can’t wait to see a picture of your finished quilt!

Louise;

Glad to see you back Missed you! Glad to hear your husband is back to work (must be doing very well) and things are getting back to normal for you!

Cathy & Renata;

Great ideas

Renata, I think that is a great idea. You could put the name on the top and where they are from on the bottom of the spool!