How to make a disappearing hourglass block
Learn to make this block in 2 minutes:
Correction: the initial 4 half square triangles need to be trimmed to 4 1/2 inch square.
Block size
The block is 7 1/2 inches (7 inches finished).
Materials
- Two 5 inch squares in green
- Two 5 inch squares in red
or
- Two 5 inch squares in one colour
- One 5 inch square in a contrasting colour
- One 5 inch square in a third contrasting colour
By using a variety of fabric and colour combinations you can make strikingly looking quilts quite easily.
Using 3 fabrics
Using 2 fabrics
This is another block layout that can be obtained with the same tutorial:
Quilt designs
Sewn Up 
Is this the same technique demonstrated in Missouri Star Quilt Co ?
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I don’t know Celia if the technique is the same. I have seen it done on various blogs through Pinterest so I just gave it a try and quite liked it.
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Celia, I looked for the tutorial on the Missouri site and it looks a bit different. It looks like on that site they use a technique that produces 4 half square triangles and I only do 2 at a time. And the starter squares are layer cakes. The rest looks more or less the same.
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I would like for my finished block be 10″ square (10 1/2″ unfinished)
How big of squares would I need to start with?
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Connie I don’t know of any formula to calculate your starting squares. Try with 6 1/2 or 7″ and see what you get.
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thanks
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