Happy New Year and may 2020 be filled with fun sewing and good health!
This quilt is made with hourglass blocks.
Here are two links how to make this block the traditional way: many thanks to Hannah from A Half Square Affair and Leslie from The Seasoned Homemaker.
I have an Accuquilt machine and used the 4" finished half square triangle die.
These were beautiful left overs from an earlier large economy block quilt here I made for my daughter. Le Vintage Chic is the collection from Art Gallery Fabrics.
Lay out your pieces (as shown above) right sides together and sew on the right shorter side. Using a clip not only holds the pieces together but tells you what side to sew. Place the same fabric on top, and the same fabric on the bottom for each pair.
When you sew the same configuration - in this instance - the peach fabric on the bottom, you get two 'arrows' that look similar when the fabric is 'wrong side up."
Flip those units over to the 'right side up' and place one 'arrow' up and one 'arrow' down - and voila - an hourglass block.
Having said that, it's still easy to make mistakes when the triangles look so similar - so take the time to lay out your pairs on your sewing table just before you sew. To triple make sure - I stick a sample above my machine!
If you sew a scant 1/4" seam, you will be able trim a 6" unfinished block. I know the whole point of AccuQuilt is to cut accurately so there is no trimming. But, whether its cutting with a machine or by hand and using starch - after sewing everything distorts a little.
That final trim enables me to have nice straight seams to follow when I use my walking foot.
Nothing complicated going on here - just balancing the "peach" colored pieces and making sure those hourglasses all face the same direction. This square quilt has 9 units across and 9 rows down.
Quilting was done with Aurifil 50wt. #2415, a pretty pink thread, in wavy line stitching along all the seams.
And so another quilt goes to college as winter breaks ends - my daughter and her roommate will each have their own Le Vintage Chic blankets.
Materials:
Le Vintage Chic /Art Gallery Fabrics and white dimple dot minky from Hawthorne Supply Co.
Warm & White batting
AccuQuilt Half Square Triangle die - 4" finished
Aurifil 50wt. #2415
Size: 50" x 50"
January 2020
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