Half Square Triangles

What do you do with all those pieces that you need to cut off when making flying geese or all the different style of blocks that I made for this Quilter's Garden? That is one thing I don't like about the patterns that Lynette Jensen designs. She does some of the steps in a way that you have too many discards.

I learned early on that I wasn't going to throw all those pieces away. So started to do as Bonnie does, sewing back across those little pieces so that when I cut them off I will have another half square triangle block.

Yes, after awhile you have loads of them so what to do--?

First I press them open then start to trim them to a usable size. I have from 1 in to 3 and a half inch. Stack in their separate stacks.

Here's the squaring up.

Then here is the little box with all the different sizes.

Here's what I made from them. Only added some small strips for orders.
made the sawtooth strips for the outer boarder.

Yes, and now it needs to be quilted. This will give me a little project to hand quilt while watching my one soap in the afternoon and the final week of baseball.

Unfortunately my Orioles won't be playing in the play-offs. Maybe next year.

Of course there is still loads of these HST to do something with.