Potholder #3 - QST & #4 - Flying Geese -

 

 

Today was one of those days - 

 

I started to make Potholder #3 - QST -

 

Got sidetracked with Potholder #4 -  Flying Geese -

 

And wound up going back and forth between the two - 

 

So - if you bear with me for a bit - 

 

And I'll show you how I made BOTH of them -

 

Using the LEFT-EZE Rule™ - to cut QST and Flying Geese - ;))

 

First I pulled four 2" strips - 

 

 

And layered them four deep - 

 

Top one - light PURPLE - right side UP - 

Second one - GREEN/WHITE - right side DOWN - 

Third one - dark PURPLE - right side UP - 

Fourth one - GREEN floral - right side DOWN - 

 

Trimmed the end to straighten it - like before -

 

Cut a HST - like before -

 

 

To cut a QST - Quarter Square Triangle -

 

Turn the strip - 

 

So that the cut edge is along a horizontal line on your cutting mat - 

 

Using the DIAGONAL LINES on the LEFT-EZE Rule™ - 

 

Line up the cut edge along the bottom of the ruler -

 

The TEENY BLACK triangle will be in the BOTTOM LEFT corner - 

The long edge of the strip will line up with a DIAGONAL line on the ruler - 

That corresponds to the WIDTH of the STRIP - 

 

NOTE - I did NOT number the DIAGONAL lines - on purpose - 

because you don't really NEED them - LOL - ;))

Cut STRAIGHT UP the LEFT side of the ruler - 

 

Rotate the ruler so the TEENY BLACK triangle is on the TOP RIGHT corner -

 

Cut STRAIGHT ACROSS the TOP of the ruler from LEFT to RIGHT - 

 

PLEASE note - 

The LONG DIAGONAL SIDE is on the STRAIGHT edge of the STRIP - 

 

That's the difference between a HST and a QST - 

 

QUARTER-SQUARE triangles are used for SETTING Triangles to keep the edges of an "on-point" quilt on the STRAIGHT of grain - so they don't stretch.  If you used HST on the edges - the DIAGONAL would be on the BIAS - and that's not what you want - LOL - ;))

 

I only had enough left to cut one more HST - 

 

So I did - LOL -

 

Then I laid out all of the pieces to see what I had -

 

And that's when I forgot what I was doing - LOL - 

 

I realized that I was missing some "wings" on my Flying Geese - 

 

And remembered a "trick" to cut the COLORS that I WANT - 

 

ON THE SIDE that I WANT them to BE -

For the ones above - 

I need some GREEN/WHITE ones on the RIGHT - 

And some PURPLE ones on the LEFT - 

SO - REMEMBER - RIGHT SIDE UP - 

 

And layer the fabrics that you want - 

 

With the RIGHT one - RIGHT SIDE "UP" - 

 

Which leaves the LEFT one - RIGHT SIDE "DOWN" -

 

Same with these two - 

 

 

GREEN - RIGHT SIDE "UP" -

 

PURPLE - RIGHT SIDE "DOWN" -

 

Trim the edge to straighten it - like before -

 

 

Cut some HST - like before - 

 

 

Lay them out - 

 

 Match them up -

 

Then I remembered - 

 

That I wasn't making the Flying Geese one - #4 - YET -

  

And that I needed some QST for Potholder #3 - LOL - 

So I grabbed some more strips - 

 

And layered them four deep - 

Top one - GREEN/WHITE - right side UP - 

Second one - light PURPLE - right side DOWN - 

Third one - GREEN floral - right side UP - 

Fourth one - dark PURPLE - right side DOWN - 

 

Cut a HST first - like before - 

 

Turned the strip - like before - 

 

 

Cut the QST - like before -

 

Since these were short strips - 

I didn't have enough to cut another QST - 

 

But I did have enough for a HST - 

So I cut one more of those -

 

QST - I only had four - 

 

 

And needed more than just four - 

 

So I grabbed more strips - 

 

And layered those four deep - 

 

With two sets of fabrics - RIGHT sides together - 

 

And cut them like before - 

I didn't have enough to cut a last HST - 

So these went in the "scrap" pile -

 

And I had three more sets of four QST - 

 

For a total of four -

They were already paired up - 

RIGHT sides together - 

So I took them to the sewing machine - 

And sewed them together along the SHORT sides - 

Starting at the FLAT/STRAIGHT end - 

 

When you press them open - 

 

The one on TOP will be on the RIGHT - 

 

And there will be ONE DOG-EAR at the corner to be trimmed -

Match two units - nesting the seam -

And sew them together -

They should measure 3-1/2" square - 

And have TWO DOG-EARS to be trimmed - 

One at the TOP LEFT corner -

And one at the BOTTOM RIGHT corner -

Four of them together -

 

Will nest nicely if you "spiral the seam" -  

 

A trick I learned from a book by Billie Lauder - years ago - 

The four together measure 6-1/2" -

And that's Potholder #3 -

 

Then I realized that I already had the Flying Geese ones cut for Potholder #4 - 

 

So I might as well sew them together - 

 

And make that one, too - LOL - 

 

So - sew the RIGHT "WING" to all of the QST - 

 

 

Press it open - 

 

And add the LEFT WING - 

 

 

Flip it over when you take it to the sewing machine - 

 

So you don't start sewing at the "pointy" end - 

 

 

Press it open - 

 

And it should measure 2" x 3-1/2" - 

 

With TWO DOG-EARS to trim - 

 

 

Sew two of them together - 

 

With the "Flying Geese" on the top - 

 

So you can see the "tip" - and can hit that point - 

 

Press them to the top unit -

And lay them out -

Sew them together in rows - 

Then sew the rows together - 

It should measure 6-1/2" -

Like the other ones -

So that's the first four Potholders - 

 

Tomorrow I'll try to add the border strips - 

 

And finish them up - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -