Hour Glass Quilt Pattern

Hello friends, welcome back! It’s time for another free quilt pattern! This one is fun, and I’m convinced you are going to love it!

Fabric Requirements

• 2 Charm Packs or 84- 5″ squares (A) – I’m using Salutations by Ruby Star Society
• 2 yds background – I’m using Speckled by Ruby Star Society
• 5/8 yd border fabric – from the Salutations line
• 1/2 yd binding fabric – from the Salutations line
• 2 yds of 60″ wide backing fabric or 3 2/3 yds of 44″ wide backing fabric – Pearl 60″ cuddle

Cut List:

• From border fabric:
  • Cut 6- 3.5″ x wof
    • Set aside for final border (D)
• From binding fabric:
  • Cut 6- 2.5″ x wof
    • Set aside for binding

Background Cut List:

• Cut 11- 5″ x wof
  • Subcut into 84- 5″ squares (B)
• Cut 5- 2.5″ x wof
  • Set aside for first border (C)

Hour Glass Block

We are going to learn how to make hour glass blocks or Quarter-Square Triangles. When we start with 4 squares, we will end up with 4 Quarter-Square Triangles.

For our particular quilt, you can either have the same fabric for both A pieces or you can have different ones. I decided I wanted mine to look more scrappy, so I picked two different patterned fabric for A.

Start of with 4 squares: 2-A and 2-B.

Draw a line diagonally in one direction on both of your B squares.

Right sides together, lay B on top of A. (You should be making two sets)

Sew 1/4″ down each side of the line.

Cut on line, and iron towards A. (You will have 4 half-square triangles at this point.) (HST)

Lay one of the A/B HST right side up on your mat and place another one right side down on top of it. If you have your first HSt with the B on top and A on bottom, the second one should have A on top and B on bottom.

Line up the centers seams so the nest. You can check by running your fingers along the seam. When you pull back one side, you can see how the quarter square triangle is going to look.

Take your ruler, and lining up a line on your ruler with the seam line and then the ruler edges at the points of your HST, draw a line. If you need to pin together.

Sew 1/4″ down each side of the line.

Cut on line, and iron open.

Do this with all 4 pieces. You will end up with 4 Quarter square triangles that have a patterned fabric on each side and background on the top and bottom.

Trim to 4 1/4″.

Make 168 units. (HG)

As I worked on these, I mixed and matched each of them so I didn’t end up with 4 the same. You are more than welcome to do that, but I wanted to make mine look a little more scrappy.

Hour Glass Quilt

Now that we have all 168 units made, it’s time to layout our quilt. There’s a couple of ways to do it.

1- You could lay it out on a big open space. You will have 12 across and 14 down and we are going to alternate the direction of each block. So if the first one the background fabric is on the left and right, the next one will be top and bottom.

Then when you start your second row, the first one will have the background fabric top and bottom and the next one it will be on the left and right.

2- You could start by making strips of 12. Then when you have 14 strips of 12, you can take each row and layout your quilt. Decided which way you want to lay out the rows.

I went with the second option.

I started by putting 12 HG blocks together in a row, alternating the direction.

I then took these strips over to the ironing board and ironed them all in the SAME direction.

I then layed out my quilt in rows alternating the direction of the rows.

Then I sewed all the rows together, and gave it a nice press.

The quilt should have 12 across and 14 down and finishe at around 45″ x 52 1/2″.

Border 1

Take your C background strips and sew them all together trimming off the salvage and pressing flat.

Cut two strips that are 52 1/2″ long (E) and two strips that are 48″ long (F). (Please double check your quilt before cutting these. I know sometimes my quilt doesn’t always come out the size it’s supposed to.)

Attach E to the sides, pressing towards E. Then attach F to the top and bottom, pressing towards F. Quilt should be roughly 48″ x 55 1/2″.

Border 2

Take your D border strips and sew them all together trimming off the salvage and pressing flat.

Cut two strips that are 55 1/2″ long (G) and two strips that are 54″ long (H). (Please double check your quilt before cutting these. I know sometimes my quilt doesn’t always come out the size it’s supposed to.)

Attach G to the sides, pressing towards G. Then attach H to the top and bottom, pressing towards H. Quilt should be roughly 54″ x 61 1/2″.

Finishing Your Quilt

Pick out your quilt back and batting and either quilt on your home machine or send it to the long-arm quilter.

Bind your quilt and the snuggle underneath it!

Questions

If you have any questions, please go watch the YouTube video (above). I go into much more detail in the video, and you can watch it and follow along.

If you have questions after that, drop them in my comment section below, or on the comment section of the video and I will come and answer them.Tag me!

I would love to see your progress. Just tag me at #theashleytomlinson or #ashley_sunnymade and I’ll be able to see you on social media. 

I want to see how they turn out!

Happy sewing!