What to do with left over hst's? Part 2

In my last post about hst's, I made two potholders.

This time I decided to pull out a little bag of left over hst's to make a mug rug.

In the picture below are the hst's left over from making blocks for the first modern siggy swap.

I had just put them in a ziplock bag together. They were not ironed open.

So, I set out to iron them with the seams open. I prefer to have the seams open because it keep the seams straight.

Then I cut all the dog ears off.

I didn't trim them more than that, because they were so small already.

I tried a few different layouts.

I decided to use the second layout.

I started sewing all my pieces together.

I sewed them into four rows.

When I joined the rows together, I used pins to align them together.

Once it was all sewn, I picked my backing and batting out.

Then I quilted it very simply.

There are a lot of seams in this one.

So, the simpler quilting made it easier.

This mug rug finished at 5½ " x 10½"

The hst's finished at 1¼ inch square.

I still have some of these hst's left.

This is the second project I make with them too. 

Remember when I made these two potholders for a potholder pass swap!

So, don't get rid of those hst's. They can come in handy for a little project.

Hugs

Ariane

What to do with left over hst's?

I had all these left over hst's, and decided I wanted to make something with them.

These were also left over from my "Jack in the pulpit" quilt.

I wanted to make a little project.

Something that could be done in an hour or so.

So, I decided to make potholders.

So, I laid out my hst's until I had a pattern that I liked.

Then I sewed it all together until I had my block.

Then, I got another piece of fabric for the backing that was about an inch bigger all around. I made my quilt sandwich: backing, 2 layers of insulating batting (can't remember the name) and then my block.

Then, I quilted it, and put the binding on.

And Voilà!!

Now, I have a cute little potholder.

I made another one too.

But I used some other scraps as well.

Here it is.

And together, they make a cute pair.

I hope you like them!!

What do you do with your left over hst's?

Hugs

Ariane

 



HST inspiration from flickr

I thought I would share a little HST ( half-square triangles) inspiration from flickr.

I've been thinking of making a quilt using hst's.

I hope you like my mosaic.

1. Red Diamonds, 2. Chinene's Quilt close up, 3. Make...Sailboats, 4. Botany HST quilt, 5. Pinwheel Quilt, 6. HST quilt, 7. Quilt for Maritza, 8. HST Overload Quilt, 9. Doll Quilt Swap - Received!, 10. Larger DQS Inspired Quilt 1, 11. DSCN1230, 12. MT swap quilt from Erin, 13. Star Quilt - Top, 14. HST layout, 15. Half Square Triangle Baby Quilt, 16. Second Charm Quilt

Quilt Story Blog by Fresh Poppy Design has a great hst quilt tutorial, here it is.
Part 1
Part 2

Hugs

Ariane