A Simple Quilt Square

I made a quilt square last night.  It only took a few minutes...granted, I had already cut out my triangles earlier in the week. But the actual pinning and sewing actually took only 10 minutes or so.

 I needed a finished square of 12 1/2 inches.  I cut one square from two different fabrics measuring 15 inches--I wanted to give myself a bit of play room in case something went wrong.  Then I cut each square in half diagonally, making two triangles from each square.

I pinned each solid triangle to a print triangle and sewed these together, using 1/4 inch seam allowance.  Then I  put those sections together, forming a large square with the points in the center.

Next I ironed the seams flat.  I laid the square out on my cutting mat and measured the square.  Since my square measured 14 inches wide and 14 inches in length, I took the difference between the actual measurement and what I needed the final measurement to be (14- 12.5 =1.5 inches) and divided that measurement in half (1.5 divided by 2 = .75).  That meant I needed to trim 3/4 inch off each side of the square.  I used the cutting mat, clear ruler, and a rotary cutter to trim my square down to 12.5 inches on all four sides.

This makes a very simple and quick square and sounds more complicated that it really is.

Here's a picture of my finished square

 

I might leave this square as it is--or I might make a fabric rosette and sew in the center.