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Hourglass Quilt Pattern

Posted on Mar 14, 2015

Hourglass Quilt Pattern

This hourglass quilt pattern has a classic look and is easy for amateur quilters. **Overall size: 36" x 42"** **Block size: 6" x 6" finished** **Block count: 20** **Materials** Inner vertical borders: 2 strips of 1-1/2" x 30-1/2" Inner horizontal borders: 2 strips of 1-1/2" x 26-1/2" Outer vertical borders 2: strips of 5-1/2" x 32-1/2" Outer horizontal borders: 2 strips of 5-1/2" x 36-1/2" Binding: Blue Star, enough 2-1/4" strips to equal 166" length

Step 1

**Fabric key** Click on image to enlarge and see fabric key.

Step 2

Yardages given assume borders are cut selvage to selvage from border fabric; binding length equals measurement of all four sides plus extra inches for seaming together.

Step 3

**Finished block**: 6" x 6" **A**: Cut 7-1/4"

Step 4

This free quilt pattern is excerpted with permission from <a href="http://amzn.to/1Efa0X9">"Quilting Block & Pattern-a-Day 2014 Calendar"</a> by Debbie Kratovil and Jean Ann Wright, and published by Accord Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel.