Many an Hour

This quilt includes many Hourglass blocks, and many hours of hand stitching the flowers. Although, you could machine stitch the appliqué shapes.

Finished size: 222cm (87½in) square

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Materials

• 6m (6¾yd) light tan print fabric (background)

• 1.3m (1⅜yd) dark pink print fabric (sashing units and binding)

• 1.2m (1⅜yd) mid-pink fabric (sashing units)

• 80cm (⅞yd) pale pink print fabric (sashing)

• 40cm (½yd) each of eight assorted pink print fabrics

• 2.5m (2¾yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric

• Batting at least 240cm (96in) square

• Fusible web

• Stranded embroidery floss in shades to match appliqué fabrics

• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat

• Sewing machine with ¼in foot

• General sewing supplies

Cutting

From the light tan print fabric, cut:

• 16 strips, 8½in x width of fabric. Cross cut each strip to yield four squares, 8½in – 64 squares in total (block backgrounds). Cut the remainder of each strip in half to yield two