2019 Gypsy Wife Quilt Along - From the Heart

Cutting directions for this block can be found on page 8 of your pattern book.

I jumped right in and made the two large HSTs but forgot to take pictures.  But we have made HSTs before....   Take the two large squares  and lay them facing each other.  

  Draw the diagonal line and sew 1/4 in away on both sides of the line.   

Cut between the lines and press open for two large HSTs.




Next, we make the hourglass  section of this block.  
Lay out your cut squares, draw the diagonal line.  Sew a scant 1/4in on both sides of the line and cut between the line.   This will result in 4 HSTs.

  

Take one pair of HSTs and lay them facing each other... opposite colors touching.  (Match the edges.. I've offset them in the first picture so that you could see opposite colors touching) Then cut on the diagonal and press open.  This will give you 4 QSTs (quarter square triangles)  

Lay the QSTs facing each other, opposite colors touching and stitch together.  Press open and you can spin the center for two hourglass blocks.   

 

Repeat this procedure with the remaining 2 HSTs.   You will have a total of 4 hourglass blocks... you will only need 3. 

Now to make the top of the heart... Draw diagonal lines on the small squares then sew to the rectangle and flip open.

 

Here are all our block parts laid out.  

Sew the two rectangle units together.  
Sew the three hourglass blocks together.  
Then sew the two large HSTs together.

 

To complete the block just sew the three sections together