Nests

Sometimes the back of a quilt is as neat as the front. I've been working on this double-hourglass quilt for a couple days now (those triangles are small!) and today I sewed all of my hourglass squares together.

I realized that the back is as cool -- if not cooler -- than the front. There's something about those seams...

...all nested together that produces a rather neat visual. I followed Allison's tutorial, but, like Kelli,  used a honeybun (1.5" strips) instead of 2.25" strips. This yielded 4" (when trimmed up) square double-hourglass shapes. I must say that while I love the effect and the end result, if I ever make double hourglass blocks again, I'm using wider strips and thus bigger blocks!