The Border Quilt - Quilt Along - Part 5

I'm a day late....and a bit behind with the Quilt Along.  I had to 'shift gears' and work on one of my own pattern quilts over the past couple of weeks.

This new pattern uses Stonehenge Gradations - those shaded fabrics work so well in this design!

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Now....on to the Quilt Along!

I knew I would have to 'work smarter' for this part - with 304 Half Square Triangles needed for the Pinwheel Border!!

I thought I would use Thangles so I would not need to do any trimming....but I didn't have the correct size!  

So back to marking the cut squares and sewing 1/4" on each side of the line.

But....why not keep them 'chained together' - would that speed things up a bit?

IT DID! I didn't cut my chain of squares apart when I cut on the marked line.

That meant I could put an entire 'chain' on my ironing board, walk the iron down the row and press more efficiently. After they were pressed I cut them apart.  What a time saver this was! I didn't need to arrange all the sewn triangles and then press them. They lined up perfectly. This will be my new way to press HSTs!

I did have to trim with my Bloc-Loc ruler but this results in the perfect size.

I'm working along making the blocks 

and I'm loving how this brings that peach colour back into the quilt!

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