This hourglass quilt pattern has a classic look and is easy for amateur quilters.
**Overall size: 36" x 42"**
**Block size: 6" x 6" finished**
**Block count: 20**
**Materials**
Inner vertical borders: 2 strips of 1-1/2" x 30-1/2"
Inner horizontal borders: 2 strips of 1-1/2" x 26-1/2"
Outer vertical borders 2: strips of 5-1/2" x 32-1/2"
Outer horizontal borders: 2 strips of 5-1/2" x 36-1/2"
Binding: Blue Star, enough 2-1/4" strips to equal 166" length
Step 2

Yardages given assume borders are cut selvage to selvage from border fabric; binding length equals measurement of all four sides plus extra inches for seaming together.
Step 4

This free quilt pattern is excerpted with permission from <a href="http://amzn.to/1Efa0X9">"Quilting Block & Pattern-a-Day 2014 Calendar"</a> by Debbie Kratovil and Jean Ann Wright, and published by Accord Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel.