SAHRR Round #1

The round one prompt was released Wednesday, but I was busy getting ready for quilt guild and then attending quilt guild, so I got a little bit of a late start. It’s okay, I’m caught up now. The prompt was hour glass, and I like hour glass blocks, but it wasn’t really inspiring me. Well, never one to leave well enough alone, I decided to juj it up a bit and make a double hour glass. 

I know how to make a double hour glass, but I didn’t know how wide to cut my strips to get a certain size block. Nor did I know what size block I wanted to make. I tried to google it, but I kept getting the measurements for a regular hour glass. Never mind, I would have to experiment and see what would happen. I ended up cutting 2.5” strips, and the blocks came out 8.5” unfinished. The center block is 24”, so I could make the math work without having to add extra coping strips. Bonus! 

I am trying to use scraps, but I had a yard of this yummy plum-colored Jot Dot, and I have plenty of the Toscana background.

The 8” blocks are a little large, but that way I didn’t have to make so many. Here’s my Round One all finished:

I like the way it turned out, although I’m not sure I love all the white. Oh, and don’t look too closely at all the points! There are a bunch of them, and they are not all perfect. I’m now at 40” x 40”, and I will need to decide at some point if I want to add something to the top and bottom to make it more rectangular. It has the potential to turn out pretty large, but that’s okay.

I’m linking this to Brenda@Songbird Designs.