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15.4 – Hourglass – Challenge 4 



For this challenge I wanted to make a traditional hourglass quilt. Over the last two month, our guild lost two members. In feeling the loss of my quilting friends I just wanted to sew for this challenge and not get too stuck in ideas. For me, half the fun of project quilting is coming up new ideas for my mini quilts. I didn't have the mental energy this round (or last round since I made a rug mug of last resort).  

I went on the search for a quick way to make hourglass blocks and I found a Missouri Star tutorial. the next step was to hunt down some charm packs. 

My quilt is inspired by 1840's quilts the fabrics range from 1840's-1870's.  I'm an American Quilt Study Group (AQSG) member and I had lots of photos to reference. I used Moda's Regency Sussex and Susanna's Scraps I love reproductions (I guess that's a play on the sex and the hourglass theme!). I had Moda charm packs in my stash and started making blocks. I wanted to make my quilt bigger so I made it a medallion quilt. This is the largest quilt I've made for project quilting at 53" X 51". 


My design process


Piecing four patches




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