• Cut the light fabric into four 4½" squares.
• Cut the dark fabric into one 4½" square.
• Cut the light fabric into two 4 7/8" squares for our HSTs. (Half-square triangles)
• Cut the dark fabric into two 4 7/8" squares for our HSTs.

Now that you're getting familiar with making your HST blocks, here's a shortcut method.
Place one light square and one dark square RST. Draw a line on the diagonal across the light colored fabric. It really doesn't matter what you use to draw the line...you will be cutting it apart anyway. Just be careful that whatever you use doesn't bleed into the fabric. Your favorite quilt store has many different products to use...or a pencil works too! Now sew a seam ¼" to the left of the line. Then, sew another ¼" seam to the right of the line. Cut your two triangles apart on the line, then press towards the dark side. Perfect triangles in half the time! Make the rest of the HST squares for a total of four.