I borrowed Barb's pic to show my idea. I don't have anything to draw it out perfectly like hers. I would make my sashing the same width as the 9 patch square (4 inches) and alternate square in square w/ the hourglass block to make the sashing like this (the is a bit skewed since the sashing in this image was narrow but you get the idea.
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