Wait wait wait, that scrap of fabric btwn bits of sewing to hang on to the thread... this blew my mind, I love it so much. Prob one of my biggest frustrations, solved. Bam.
I watch 3 or 4 tutorials and it’s just a foreign language to me. I watch you and listen to you and for some reason it penetrates my brain. Thank you for sharing your gift of teaching with us!
I just started quilting a month ago thru a group at church and I was able to follow this tutorial. Easy, straightforward, top notch tips AND the chart at the end is ** chef's kiss **. This isn't being taught in our class but I saw it in a quilting book and knew I had to include triangle squares in my project. Thanks so much for sharing this!! I appreciate you!
Thank you for sharing the HST.I was looking for how to make a 4.78 "HST using your method. The way I do this size now is cut a 5" square and then cut it to size. All suggestions accepted.
Triangles = panic, sweating, avoidance, thoughts of un-sewing-, biased edges aversion and projects left unfinished!!! I had a huge applique BOM quilt that I couldn't finish because of 23 light and 23 dark triangles!! The pattern, from a popular quilting design team was from 1999- (but I just recently discovered it) had a triangle template that said add seam allowance!! Would that let me stand in the way of not finishing this project, that I worked hard to hand applique over the last year?!? It sat unfinished way longer than it should have UNTIL I found this video. This is hands down the MOST PERFECT METHOD -- you can quote me and trademark it-- for making half square triangles! Thank you to infinity and back. This method is so perfect I may make an entire quilt using just triangles-- for an avid applique lover-- that IS turning to the dark side... lol. Love it!!
Thank you! The project I am working on has 200 2.5 half square triangles. I will definitely practice this a couple of times and go for it. Sewing twenty five squares together will be much easier than 100 smaller ones. Now to find that info on sizes.
I'm just getting started in quilting, and am looking for instructional videos. This was very, very helpful! I love the chart you gave. Thank you for sharing your talents here.
Thank you so much! I saw this on another site, but it was years ago. Thank you for giving such concise directions and even more for the fabulous chart at end!😃
Lisa, I just love 💗 all the tips and tricks of sewing 🧵 quilting and creative things that You bring to Me on Your channel! Thank You so much 😊 Hugs and Smiles-Marie
Thank you! This is very useful. And seeing how it's done you don't really need a chart if your willing to do a little math. 2x ( size of finished HST) +. 75 = (size of starting squares), Wow, now I can calculate to make any size HST. I have subscribed. ❤️😁
It's now MY favourite way, too. Very helpful and precise. I'm going to cut out my solid fabrics to make Postcards from Sweden quilt. Many, many thanks for your lovely demo and size chart. You rock, sista! :)
This method and your concise explication of it helped me enormously! I'm currently working on a wall hanging for Christmas and was falling behind but this evening I made 72 HSTs! Which is almost all I need. Thanks a lot!
This was an excellent tutorials. Very clean and easy to understand. The only thing I would like to know is I want to use a 10” layered cake fabric to make 16 HST. Maybe it doesn’t work. Brains isn’t computing that math…yikes. Help please. I want to start making more half square triangles. There are so many quilts using HST. Thank you. You’re doing an awesome job. 🥰
Smart as! Loved it, very clear and loved that u gave measurements to different sizes... totally newbie here n going to make cushion pillowcase covers (old ones look very nasty after years of torture) Thanks again!
I am so glad I found this video - as the pattern I am using called for buying "recipe cards" for paper piecing the HSTs. I didn't feel that was necessary to purchase and that there had to be another way - and there IS. I need a little more practice as I don't have the precision quite down, any tips for that? Your videos have helped me so much. Thank you!
I'm just learning to quilt and made a rectangle pattern for 3 pillow covers for my children. Now I want to make the triangle pattern and your video was fabulous. Thank you for your concise instructions and the instructions for different sized hst.
My finished 1/2 square triangles need to be 2", so I divided the difference between the 1-1/2 and 2-1/2" finished squares to give me 4.75 starting squares. I hope this is right!
they are called leaders and enders......Leaders and enders accomplish several things: They prevent a thread nest from forming on the underside of your stitching. They save thread by eliminating long tails of thread that need to be cut off. They maintain a more consistent stitching environment, especially at the beginning of a piece. In other words, there is less chance of wobbling and of fabric being drawn down into the needle hole of the throat plate. They force you to clip your thread tails. They prevent your needle from unthreading. If you piece scraps of fabric for the leaders and enders, you will be piecing together a scrap quilt at the same time.
Thank you for the graphic that gives the different sizes!! 😊
Thank you! You made this look
So much easier!
Wait wait wait, that scrap of fabric btwn bits of sewing to hang on to the thread... this blew my mind, I love it so much. Prob one of my biggest frustrations, solved. Bam.
I watch 3 or 4 tutorials and it’s just a foreign language to me. I watch you and listen to you and for some reason it penetrates my brain. Thank you for sharing your gift of teaching with us!
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow! I have been watching HST video for 20 min! Yours is the BEST!!!! I'm saving you, my Friend!
Thank you!
Appreciate the chart I have passed it around to quite a few of my Fabric friends
I just started quilting a month ago thru a group at church and I was able to follow this tutorial. Easy, straightforward, top notch tips AND the chart at the end is ** chef's kiss **. This isn't being taught in our class but I saw it in a quilting book and knew I had to include triangle squares in my project.
Thanks so much for sharing this!! I appreciate you!
Thank you! This video truly helped. It's been several years since I have quilted triangles and this video helped my confidence!
Great tutorial! I have to make many bear paws & this will help me finish them a lot faster. Thank you!
Thanks so much!
You're welcome!
Thanks Lisa❤
I’m making a witch with LOTS of hst…this will make it so much more fun. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing the HST.I was looking for how to make a 4.78 "HST using your method. The way I do this size now is cut a 5" square and then cut it to size. All suggestions accepted.
Thanks for using the terminology Half Square Triangles. I had no idea what an HST is because I’m new to quilting.
This tutorial just saves my life. Thanks for posting.
Lisa, I have been shying away from anything bias as a new quilter. This makes me want to try it. Thank you so much!
Triangles = panic, sweating, avoidance, thoughts of un-sewing-, biased edges aversion and projects left unfinished!!! I had a huge applique BOM quilt that I couldn't finish because of 23 light and 23 dark triangles!! The pattern, from a popular quilting design team was from 1999- (but I just recently discovered it) had a triangle template that said add seam allowance!! Would that let me stand in the way of not finishing this project, that I worked hard to hand applique over the last year?!? It sat unfinished way longer than it should have UNTIL I found this video. This is hands down the MOST PERFECT METHOD -- you can quote me and trademark it-- for making half square triangles! Thank you to infinity and back. This method is so perfect I may make an entire quilt using just triangles-- for an avid applique lover-- that IS turning to the dark side... lol. Love it!!
Lisa, thank you, thank you so much!! I was trying to figure how to get a 2 1/2 hst for a project I was doing. You came to my rescue!!!😅❤
Brilliant!!! I have a nasty aversion to HSTs and this video will help. Here goes😮
THANK YOU! I am working on a custom quilt for my nephew and the middle section has 264 - 2.5" squares. This method IS PERFECT!!!!
Thank you , helpful 😊
Thank you! The project I am working on has 200 2.5 half square triangles. I will definitely practice this a couple of times and go for it. Sewing twenty five squares together will be much easier than 100 smaller ones. Now to find that info on sizes.
So helpful. And not long winded. ;-) Thank you.
Thank you. I really needed the math chart, too!
You are so welcome!
THANK you for the math in the end!
I'm just getting started in quilting, and am looking for instructional videos. This was very, very helpful! I love the chart you gave. Thank you for sharing your talents here.
thanks! the different sizes Chart was fantastic !
Thank you so much! I saw this on another site, but it was years ago. Thank you for giving such concise directions and even more for the fabulous chart at end!😃
You just made my life so much easier! Thanks so much.
Thanks Lisa!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This was such a game changer...
THANK YOU!!!! Just when I needed you the most you were here.
ty so much for the graph at the end!!!!! very helpful....love your videos....well done
You are so welcome!
I not only enjoyed the tutorial but your method of keeping the thread from coming back at the needle is genius. Thank you.
Thank you for the chart at the end it is a keeper 😊
You are so welcome, thanks for watching!
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!
Brilliant and simple ! Thankyou !
Carol from Australia here thanks Lisa wonderful video as always ☺
Thanks so much! 😊
thank you. you have explained it so well
Understanding HST have always been elusive for me, this is so cool! Glad I found your video! Thanks so much, now off to sewing my Christmas quilt
Thanks Lisa! I have a book for making quilt blocks and they all have hst’s. This will definitely help me get them cut quickly.
Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for simplifying things! Looooove your haircut!!!
Thank you so much, my hair is so much easier to deal with being short :)
Ha! Wish I could wear mine short. My face is too round. :-(
Lisa, I just love 💗 all the tips and tricks of sewing 🧵 quilting and creative things that You bring to Me on Your channel! Thank You so much 😊 Hugs and Smiles-Marie
Hey Marie, it's so great to hear from you, and I'm really glad you are enjoying these videos!
I loved this video! Thank you.
Thank you. I increased the Starf size by 1/4' as I don"t seem to ever cut HSTs without the need for straightening.😍
Thank you so much, grateful for this clear information, from fiji
Hi Lisa this is so wonderful thank you ever so much
You are so welcome!
Thank you. Didn't have pen and paper so will watch again to write down measurements.
You’re welcome 😊
Lisa I just love everything you show us...thanks so much...God Bless
You are so welcome Jackie ♡
Love the help - I’m a newbie!
I'm so glad this was helpful, thanks for watching!
Thank you! This is very useful. And seeing how it's done you don't really need a chart if your willing to do a little math. 2x ( size of finished HST) +. 75 = (size of starting squares),
Wow, now I can calculate to make any size HST. I have subscribed. ❤️😁
You're very welcome!
Thanks to Pollyanna for the math calculations. It's easy. I subscribed as well.😂
Thank you, Lisa. As a newbie to HST, all the tips given are useful.
You are so welcome!
I've used your method three times now, and it's worked perfect every time! Thanks for sharing such a time-saver!!!
Hi your skin looks amazing , and genius idea ,xx
Thanks Lisa! I'm a new quilter and this is a great idea!
You are so welcome!
That's awesome, can't wait to try it! Thank you for sharing
This is just what I was looking for! TFS.
Loved this video!! Thank you, Lisa!
It's now MY favourite way, too. Very helpful and precise. I'm going to cut out my solid fabrics to make Postcards from Sweden quilt. Many, many thanks for your lovely demo and size chart. You rock, sista! :)
Thank you. The conversion was exactly what I was looking for.
Glad I could help :)
This method and your concise explication of it helped me enormously! I'm currently working on a wall hanging for Christmas and was falling behind but this evening I made 72 HSTs! Which is almost all I need. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for sharing on these
Easy to follow, thanks!
Thank you ♥️ I am a beginner and I love the way you explain this!😘
This was an excellent tutorials. Very clean and easy to understand. The only thing I would like to know is I want to use a 10” layered cake fabric to make 16 HST. Maybe it doesn’t work. Brains isn’t computing that math…yikes. Help please. I want to start making more half square triangles. There are so many quilts using HST. Thank you. You’re doing an awesome job. 🥰
I wish I would have seen this video …. 1000 HST AGO!!!
Love,love,love it❣️👍 Very helpful with excellent instructions alongside easy to view demonstration. Thank U 😊
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the great tutorial and the wonderful chart.
you are so welcome Billi! Thanks for watching :)
Thanks so much for this helpful information.
You are so welcome!
Thank you
You're welcome
Thank you thank you thank you for the chart!!
You are so welcome
Thanks. Working on a baby quilt
Smart as! Loved it, very clear and loved that u gave measurements to different sizes...
totally newbie here n going to make cushion pillowcase covers (old ones look very nasty after years of torture)
Thanks again!
you are so welcome!!!
This video was very helpful. Thank-you So Much
You're very welcome!
Many thanks!
Great tip & love the size sheet
Glad it was helpful!
Love this!
thank you!
Getting ready to make a quilt pattern that includes hst’s.. I haven’t tried this block yet, I appreciate your clear and concise instructions. 💜
You are so welcome!
Amazing tutorial..thanks for sharing
You’re welcome 😊
I’m using hst on the back of my quilt back.
That was brilliant thankyou.
Thank you so much Bridget!
I am so glad I found this video - as the pattern I am using called for buying "recipe cards" for paper piecing the HSTs. I didn't feel that was necessary to purchase and that there had to be another way - and there IS. I need a little more practice as I don't have the precision quite down, any tips for that? Your videos have helped me so much. Thank you!
so easy peasy thanks
You're so welcome!
Thank you it was very helpful
You're welcome!
I like this method. 👍🏾
Me too! Thanks for watching :)
Great tutorial Lisa. I was planning on making a few today. Thank you and stay safe from the virus. 💗😊💗
You are so welcome, yes girl, stay home and work on some projects :)
So cool
that is so helpful ithank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
Great information thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I sure wish you had made that size chart a downloadable pdf
What should i cut for a final 12 1/2 inch block?
❤️
I'm just learning to quilt and made a rectangle pattern for 3 pillow covers for my children. Now I want to make the triangle pattern and your video was fabulous. Thank you for your concise instructions and the instructions for different sized hst.
👍👌
My finished 1/2 square triangles need to be 2", so I divided the difference between the 1-1/2 and 2-1/2" finished squares to give me 4.75 starting squares. I hope this is right!
This is a super helpful video! Why do you put the little piece of fabric at the end of your sewing every time?
they are called leaders and enders......Leaders and enders accomplish several things:
They prevent a thread nest from forming on the underside of your stitching.
They save thread by eliminating long tails of thread that need to be cut off.
They maintain a more consistent stitching environment, especially at the beginning of a piece. In other words, there is less chance of wobbling and of fabric being drawn down into the needle hole of the throat plate.
They force you to clip your thread tails.
They prevent your needle from unthreading.
If you piece scraps of fabric for the leaders and enders, you will be piecing together a scrap quilt at the same time.
Lisa Capen Quilts 🤯. I have never thought of any of this. Lol. My machine loves the ends of fabric. They must taste very good to it. 😂🤷🏻♀️.
Thank you very much for the tutorial. What are the little pieces of fabric before and after the square for?
those are called leaders and enders :) th-cam.com/video/WjJ0QJSuxZg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=RpzI4kYAh71eJHPk
Here's a video telling why I love using them