Originally Posted by
true4uca
I'll check the hourglass out. Tried the disappearing hourglass, had a real problem dividing the three cuts evenly, my bad.
Very easy, pair up a blue and white square right sides together. Draw a pencil line on one diagonal, corner to corner. Sew 1/4" on both sides of the line, then cut on the line. Now you have two large HSQ blocks. Put them right sides together, making sure to rotate one so that a blue corner is on top of a white corner. Draw the diagonal line, sew on both sides of the line and cut on the line. When you open them, you will have two hourglass blocks. Starting with 10" squares should yield blocks about 8 3/4" blocks. You can pair up your fabrics so each hourglass has a matching top and bottom (the classic way) or mix and match your HST squares to make a more scrappy looking hourglass bloc with different tops and bottoms. It makes a really clean, classy looking quilt.