I’m a little behind on my Craftsy Block of the Month lessons. These are the two blocks for February. The theme this month was half-square triangles. I’ve more or less perfected a method for half-square triangles and I was reluctant to try a new way. But these lessons are meant to be about learning new techniques so I forged ahead and tried her Magic Triangle method.
The first block (Windblown Star) was done using the Magic Triangles technique. The squares are cut two inches larger than the finished size. You sew around all four edges of the square leaving a quarter-inch from each edge. I marked the corners so I knew where to end the stitching before turning the piece to stitch down the next side. Then you cut the square into four along the diagonal lines and you end up with four half-square triangles the perfect (in theory) size.
The second block (Chunky Chevron) was done using the method I’m familiar with – drawn lines. After I had cut the pieces for the blocks I worried that she was using the 7/8” addition rather than the one-inch that Deloise taught me. She apparently has heard of Deloise’s method and I was fine.
I liked both methods. The Magic Triangle certainly involves less work, but I don’t think the triangles are necessarily the perfect size (at least in my case). There is a lot of work to the drawn-line method, but I ended up with more accurate blocks.
