Squaring up 1/2 square triangles with the GO!

I have often said that I don’t mind squaring up blocks.  This is still true, but I think it’s more accurate to say I don’t mind it because I like working with perfectly square blocks.

My current project is one of those where you lay a smaller square over a larger square’s corner, sew across the bias & trim off the 2 corners.  (example here).  So, I decided to go ahead & sew up those pieces as I pieced the top into 1/2 square triangles.  A border maybe?

Here’s the stack

I decided to see if I could save time & all the little fuzz and use the Value Die with the GO! cutter to square them up.  I marked the die shapes & then marked the bias lines with a sharpie

 

Then I placed one of my pieces so that the corner of the sewn line lined up with my diagonal drawn line

Pressing my luck, I thought, let’s go for 2!   I lined up the 2nd square on top of the first, but changed the direction of the sewn line.  I can see now that I am just th slightest bit off the drawn line in the top right corner, but I’ll survive :)

Rolled them through & wah-lah!

 

ah, squaring up was never easier!  now, just a jillion more to do…