Fun with Half Square Triangles – Part 2

I was flicking through a coffee table book about Sicily yesterday and saw a picture of some outdoor paving in blue and white.The paving had a wonderful optical illusion of diamonds that seemed to appear and disappear before your eyes. I looked more closely and realised – those are half square triangles. The next question was of course: How did they do that?

For me the only way of working that out was to make some half square triangles in paper and lay them out on the floor.

Paving Pattern Replicated in Paper Blocks

I made up a sheet of six ‘blocks’, printed them out, cut them apart and had a go. You can have a go, too, by printing out the attached files.

I am looking forward to playing with them to see how many patterns I can come up with. I’m sure many others have done this before me, but it’s new to me and it’s fun.

Half Square Triangle Design Templates

Half Square Triangle Design Templates with pale blue Blocks

Fun with Half Square Triangles

Garden Themed HST Pot holders

About.com:Quilting has a nice looking pattern for a Half Square Triangles Scrap Quilt which I’m keeping in the back of my mind for a future project. In the short term I’ve had a play with a couple of garden themed pot holders made of Half Square Triangles.

These potholders are not quite complete as I still need to hand sew the opening and then machine quilt around the edges and in a central spot to keep the batting in place when the pot holders are used or laundered.