Easy Triangles!

I have started my last quilt for the Castle Country Quilt Show on March 19th and 20th.

It involves a whole lot of triangles.  A few weeks ago I was trying to explain this easy way of doing triangles to my daughter over the phone.  She was not really understanding my explanation, being new to quilting.  So, here it is, nothing new to those of you who are experienced quilters, but to those who are trying triangles for the first time, this is a quick and easy way. 

You will start with squares.  Any size will do.  These just happen to be 6 and 7/8 inch squares.

Place squares with right sides together.

If you look close, or click on this image, you will see I have placed the squares of fabric with the diagonal line of my (sad) cutting mat running through the center, corner to corner.

With any straight ruler, draw a line from corner to corner.

Sew a seam 1/4 inch on both sides of the line.

Your squares will now look like this.

With scissors or a rotary cutter, cut on the line.

You will now have 2 sqaures that look like this.

You can place them in a number of combinations.  This will make a diamond shape.

This could be the start of a zig zag quilt.

You would start a pinwheel block like this.

Good luck, and happy quilting.