Over the last couple of weeks the topic for many of my posts have been about stitching from corner to corner on a square without drawing a line on the fabric. While I would love to say this was my creative idea, it was not. I'm not sure what quilter did it first but I found the method when I found Pam Bono. Sadly Pam is no longer with us, she passed in 2014. It was a sad day in the quilting community. You can read more about her death here.
If you've never heard of Pam a quick Google search is all you need. Since her passing her style has been imitated by many, including myself. You know what they say. "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
She was also the first that I know of to make the The Angler I shared a few days ago.
Since learning her amazing little trick it seems to pop up in many of my own designs as well as those patterns I make from other designers. My current quilt has oodles of "flippy" corners. Some quilters will toss the clipped corners in the trash. I find it hard to trash any fabric. So I sew another line to make a bonus Half Square triangle.
The corners on this project are small but still usable in a mini quilt. I adjust my normal 1/4" to a 3/8" seam between the the two stitched lines. You can read more about the two lines here. The bonus half square triangle will measure 1.5".
Most of the time my bonus HST's are tossed in a basket that sits beside my sewing machine. This basket is just the tip of the HST iceberg. There's 3 more bags full of these in every color and size. Someday I hope to make a quilt with all of them. Occasionally I'll pull out a few for a quick project.
If you're not sure what to do with all of your clipped corners. I've put together a few of my favorite project to inspire your creativity.
One of my most recent projects was the Autumn Star quilt block.
The orange HST's were clipped from my Podunk Plaid quilt pattern.
When designing my Turnabout Tulips quilt pattern, I decided to include the clipped corners in the pattern. The pink pinwheels dancing around the center are clipped corners from the tulip blocks.
The 1.5" HST's are a little more challenging to use in a quilt. Pinning is very important when working with these small pieces. There's not much room for fudging!
The mini quilt above was made using the 1.5" clipped corners from my Promenading Tulips quilt.
Sweet Pickin's below is one of my favorite minis. The little basket blocks is made from several different sizes of bonus HST's.
The clipped corners came from my Cherry on Top Picnic quilt. It's a free quilt tutorial here on the blog. Yep, I love this one too! There's something about those sweet cherries! Well I could go on and on about my love of cherry decor, so I'll stop.
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