Progress with Hourglass Squares

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This week, I spent my sewing time making hourglass blocks. This pictures represents 100 blocks.

And this picture represents squaring all blocks to 4″, definitely the boring part of the project.

Well after making 100 blocks, I decided to finalize a design and decide how many blocks I needed to make. No matter what design I came up with, I needed 144 blocks. I want the quilt to be symmetrical. Here’s the final design:

Since each pair of 5″ squares makes two blocks, I needed 44 squares. Luckily last summer, I participated in a charm swap sponsored by Chickpea Sewing Studio. This gave me 23 blocks. Then I dug through my fabric to find the remaining blocks. I really wanted to used each fabric only once. Hopefully, I don’t have duplicates from my own stash.

This afternoon, I finished the remaining blocks. Already, I’m liking the fact that this quilt won’t produce a lot of leftover scraps. I still have 2.5″ strips leftover from my last scrap quilt project. I feel like I need to do something with them, but I’m ready to move on to different projects.

The next step is making four-patch blocks from the hourglass blocks. I need to decided if I’ll sort by color or let the color placement appear random. The sashing will be a Kona Charcoal. My goal is to hit Joann’s over the holiday weekend. I need at least six yards. So if live in Salt Lake and want to buy Kona charcoal, leave six yards for me. Much appreciated.