Personally, I used to hate sewing half-square triangles (HSTs). There are some beautiful quilt patterns made almost exclusively from them, but the thought of sewing then trimming 400+ HSTs one-by-one sounded like agony. You could always just not trim them, but then matching points becomes almost impossible. That's when I discovered HSTs by the strip. While this method has been around for a while, it has never become super popular. Why? I have no idea because I think it's amaz

Using paper templates to cut non-standard pieces is a great way to create non-traditional quilt blocks. However, it can be INCREDIBLY frustrating trying to cut accurately when the papers and fabric are constantly shifting. I've got an easy hack for you to avoid all that frustration when cutting straight edges using paper templates without having to invest in expensive acrylic templates or specialty rulers or having to cut templates out of cardstock or template plastic. It's t