This is the Missouri Star Disappearing Hourglass. It has been a challenge. I thought I had a package of 24 10-inch squares, and it turned out I only had either 16 or 20. OK, smaller quilt it is. Then I miscut a block. I regrouped, searched for fabric, found 1 piece decided to make 4 replacement blocks. I miscut one of the replacement blocks. OK 12 blocks it is.
It’s called a disappearing hour glass because you start with this block, the cut it into 9 pieces and sew it back together to make the star block. As I was working with a layer cake, I ended up with bias edges.
The white fabric came from my stash and I found the backing in my cutoffs. The only new fabric I had to purchase was the purple.
- Started 2/24/26
- Finished 8/7/26
- E2E Design – Espalier increased to 16″vertically with a -4.25 offset
- Glide 40wt in Celery
- 11 SPI
- Finished size 40″ x 50″
