Half Rectangle Triangles and a New Block I Am Trying!

This is the finished top (except for borders) I made using the half recctangle triangles.  It currently measures 33 x 55 but will be larger after the borders.

This is the basic block that makes up this patterns.  The only tricky part is getting the triangles going in the right direction when piecing.

I used this technique to make the half square triangles.  The pieces were 5 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in.  It was supposed to yield a 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 rectangle and it some cases it did!!  A lot of cases it didn't...

This is the other technique I used and it didn't yield anywhere near the results I wanted as the tectangles were too tall and too skinny!  So next time I decided to use half rectangle triangles, I will use the handy, dandy rulers I purchased pictured below!

This is the new block I will be playing with.  A friend sent me the Instagram post with this made up and it was quite easy to figure it out (the piece was made up of many blocks).  More on my next post about the proportions you need to make this.  It is a great use of all those different size squares I have stashed away in plastic bags -- 5", 4 1/2", 4/" amd 3 1/2..

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Still Quilting!! And a Couple of Birds!!

I had a day of sewing off site and managed to put together four tops for charity -- 3 baby quilt tops and 1 larger one.  This one is a bit of an I Spy and is 40 x 40.

I was going to combine the next two for a large quilt and then decided I would just make 2 baby quilts instead.  These tops will need to have some border fabric to make them 40 x 40.

I definitely think this one which is 40 x 80 needs to be a bit wider so probably will add some borders as well.

This is the back of a Quilt as You Go quilt which is 60 x 80 -- bigger than I usually go.  I have a ton of 10 squares as well as all my strip scraps.

I like this one but will make the yellow center smaller the next time'

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 This is my latest interest and I haven't managed to conquer it yet!!  This block uses half rectangle triangles which are super tricky to get the right size and I still havent succeeded.  This piece has 36 blocks which you group together to make 9 big blocks.  These are not sewn together yet but when they are, I am afraid a lot of points will be blunted.  Haven't decided whether dI should make 7 more so that it is 4 x 4 and 44 in x 44 in.  I have used 2 different techniques so far to make these triangles the right size.  I finally bought two tools which should help but it is too late to change "horses" on this top!  The blocks were supposed to be 6 x 6 finished but are 5 1/2 x 5 1;2 finished.  I really like the effect of this block whch is easy except for those pesky half rectangle triangles!

It was nice to see something other than mallards in the local water.  Here are two ibis which were with a larger group.

And finally saw some Lesser Scaup down at Carolina Beach Lake.  I used to see lots of different ducks down there and was glad to see some of my old favorites back.