Thursday, March 05, 2009


Another friend had a baby - I'm hoping to finish his quilt before his fifth birthday!! I've never made a 'proper' hourglass quilt before and as it's a boy I've chosen red, white and blue. I thought I would probably have to cut down the blocks to make them nice and square but (fingers crossed) they seem okay so far. I used the EZ Angle ruler to make the triangles from strips. This quilt seems to have a lot more new fabric in it than I usually use - though naturally there is fabric from the odd shirt or two tucked in there.

4 comments:

Clare said...

I'm dying to get my hands on the EZ Angle ruler. Did you get it online or at the LQS?

One thing that puts me off doing hour glass blocks is my inability to make the points match LOL!

Leslie said...

What terrific little boy colors. I love the odd plaid thrown in. Fun!

Sew Create It - Jane said...

How pretty...I know it's for a boy...but that basket of blocks looks like it's ready for the 4th of July... :o)

Can't wait to see it all together!

julieQ said...

I love these blocks...patriotic and just so nice. I got my EZ angle ruler at JOann fabrics.