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The blocks will be easier to work with if you make some effort to end up with straight grain along the outside edges, so if you have a triangular space to fill, use a similarly shaped fabric, with the bias on the inside and the straight of grain on the outside edges.
Trim the fabric by folding the paper on the seam lines surrounding the piece, then trimming the fabric away 1/4 inch away, leaving a seam allowance showing. If you're using a noodle (strip), trim the rest of the noodle away first, then work your way around the other seams which will be sewn to this fabric.
You can trim using scissors (just eyeball the 1/4"), a ruler and rotary cutter or a specialized "add a quarter" ruler.
After you've sewn and pressed any seam, you can check to make sure the placement was correct, but holding the block up to a light source so that you can see the fabric through the paper.
If you don't have a glue stick handy, you can use a pin to hold the first piece of fabric in place. In this photo, you can see that the fabric is right-side down, facing the cutting mat.
On and around Jln Hang Jebat, formerly known as Jonker St., Jonker Walk for Tourists actually 046/115
Masjid Kampung Kling / Kampung Kling Mosque / Kampung Keling Mosque 04/13
If you are a little dyslexic like me, you might want to lay the two half-rectangle triangles on the block to confirm that you've cut correctly and kept the right pair. Then you can flip the rectangle so that it's right-sides together with the "middle" next to it, take your unit to the sewing machine and sew it in place.