Cherry Blossom Disappearing Hourglass
                  I had a cherry blossom fabric languishing in my fabric closet which my daughter, Amy, spotted while visiting.  When I saw the pattern in Missouri Quilt Block magazine (Winter 2015, Volume 2, Issue 1, pg. 16), watched Jennie's tutorial on the Disappearing Hourglass 2, and took a Block class at a quilting shop, the result is the fabric disappearing from the closet to a finished quilt for Amy.  I used black Kona fabric and bordered the quilt with red and black.  I practiced some free motion designs, added decorative stitching and "stitched in the ditch" on my domestic sewing machine.  Although I was skeptical about making it because the pattern looked complex, it was surprisingly not difficult to complete and I learned a lot by sewing and quilting it.  The quilt now happily resides in her home and not in my closet.  
                  
                  
                    By JewelMagic