Many people think there is a lot of fabric waste when using AccuQuilt dies. So I thought I’d share a bit about that with my current project. These are the dies I’m using from the 16” Qube.

I’m using a layer cake in this case and my blocks will finish at 8 inches. After cutting the main piece of the block, I end up with this.

I trim the reminder like this. The only bits that get thrown out are the slivers at the top left and bottom right corners.

I have all my main pieces and a pile of large triangles leftover for a second project. Because they are all close to the same size and shape, I’ll store them together. I should have enough for 84 4 inch finished HSTs. That’s perfect for a baby quilt once I cut some background triangles to go with.

I chose a darker teal color for the triangles needed for these blocks.

Easy peasy!

These go together in a snap and the dark triangles make for a strong design.

Have a great day!