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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