Potholder #2 - HST - Continued -

 

 

Just for fun - 

 

Here's how to use the LEFT-EZE Rule™ - 

 

To cut HST - Half-Square Triangles -

 

RIGHT-HANDED* -

Take 2 scrap strips 2" wide by at least 2-1/2" long - 

 

Layer them on top of each other - right sides together - 

 

Using the LEFT-EZE Rule™ - 

Line up your strip on your cutting mat - 

And - starting at the LEFT end of the strip - 

 

Turn the ruler on its side - 

 

 

And trim the end to make it straight -  

Then - starting at the LEFT end of the strip - 

Line up the LEFT edge of the ruler with the LEFT cut edge - 

With the BLACK triangle at the TOP of the strip - 

 

You can now do what LEFTIES have done f.o.r.e.v.e.r. - 

 

You can IGNORE the NUMBERS and focus on the LINES - 

The bottom of the strip will line up with the marking - 

That corresponds to the WIDTH of the strip - 

 

And THAT number will be BACKWARDS - LOL - 

Cut UP the RIGHT side of the ruler -

  

To cut a second one - 

 

Rotate the ruler - 

 

To put the BLACK triangle at the BOTTOM of the strip - 

 

The bottom of the strip will line up with the marking - 

That corresponds to the WIDTH of the strip - 

 

And THIS time THAT number will be UPSIDE-DOWN - LOL - 

Cut UP the RIGHT side of the ruler -  

  

 

There are NO BACK-HANDED CUTS!! - 

 

BOTH cuts are from BOTTOM to TOP - 

 

Along the RIGHT-SIDE of the ruler -  

 

  

I have a tendency to OVER-compensate - 

 

When I make the SECOND/VERTICAL/STRAIGHT cut - 

 

And usually cut them a smidge too big - 

So I turn the SECOND/VERTICAL/STRAIGHT cut ones around - 

 

And measure them again with the ruler - 

 

Surprisingly enough - 

 

My second cut is more accurate if I cut it RIGHT-HANDED - LOL -

 

Take them both to the sewing machine - 

 

And sew them from the FLAT end - 

 

Like I showed you yesterday - 

 

But this time the YELLOW will be on top - 

 

Take them to the ironing board - 

 

Press them open to the DARK side - 

Measure them -

 

And they both should measure 2" square - 

 

Which is the same size as the strip we started with - 

Then clip ONE DOG-EAR -

 

The SECOND DOG-EAR has already been cut off - 

 

It would have been the tiny piece UNDER the BLACK triangle - LOL - 

These two units will match the 2" HST and 2" squares already cut - 

 

And play nicely with anything else we want to cut from a 2" strip -

 

One interesting thing that I noticed - 

 

Is that the dashes in the PINK triangles cut LEFT-HANDED (on the LEFT) - 

 

Go in a different direction - 

 

Than the ones in the PINK triangles cut RIGHT-HANDED (on the RIGHT) -

 

After I played with the demo strips - 

 

I cut some HST for my potholders - 

 

But only got 6 from this set of strips - 

 

 

I'll have to cut some more tomorrow - 

 

And/or some squares - 

 

Don't know yet - 

 

But I DO know - 

 

That I need 16 "somethings" -

 

For a 16-patch -

 

And those "somethings" - 

 

Will "match" size-wise - 

 

If they are also cut from 2" strips - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

*NOTE -

A longer version of the RIGHT-HANDED tutorial can be found - HERE -

And I even have a "RIGHT-HANDED Conversion Kit" if you want one - LOL - ;))