I'm excited to be hosting the first row of the PMQG Row by Row. Over the next eight months, we will present a row for this quilt. You could choose to make all of them, or also create your own row. We will encourage you to be creative and share your own row with the members too!

Guidelines: Each row will measure 60" wide. The heights of the rows will vary.

For the quilt that the board is making collaboratively, we are using the following kona colors: dusty peach, wasabi, blueberry, shale, curry, and snow. However, you may use whatever solid or printed fabric you love!

Row 1: Hourglass World

Especially with this color pallette, it was me dreaming of It's a Small World. I've been loving hourglass blocks lately and decided it would be fun to make a row of them for our first Row!

We are using 6 colors, but you could use less or more. I'm going to share how I made mine, but feel free to experiment!

Cut: 12 6.5" squares: 3 Snow, 2 Curry, 2 Shale, 2 Wasabi, 2 Blueberry, 1 Dusty Peach

Combinations:

Curry & Snow

Shale & Wasabi

Snow & Blueberry

Dusty Peach & Curry

Snow & Shale

Wasabi & Blueberry

1. On one square of each pair, draw a line on the diagonal.

2. Sew 1/4" away from the drawn line on each side.

3. Rotary cut on the drawn line

4. Repeat for another Steps 1-3, for another exact pair of squares. Then lay the two half-square triangles right sides together. With the opposite colors laying on top of each other.

5. Repeat steps 1-2, drawing a line and sewing on either side of it.

6. Cut on the diagonal line

7. Make sure to press all seams open as you sew. This will help everything lie flat and not make a bulky center.

8. Right side of hour glass block. Needs trimming.

9. Trim to 5.5" square

I laid out a pattern where the snow blocks are every other block, and facing horizontally. I liked how this gave the block some harmony. But play around, there are so many options! I'm going to make another row, where I only use 3 colors to get a completely different effect.