Take two contrasting fabrics, and cut them.into 2.5 inch wide strips, longer lengths are better, less waste
See the two side by side? Now turn them right sides together and sew a quarter inch seam
Sew slowly and in a straight line
See the seam? Very close to the edge
You will end up with a 4.5 inch wide strip. Now find another color tht you like with these two, and cut it into 4.5 inch strips
I chose a pretty purple
Now sew both strips into a tube, right sides together and sew a line up each side(to prevent bunching sew each side in opposite directions, I use pins to help me with that)
Get a ruler with right angles
Position the ruler with the angle line on the seam and cut
If this is what you are looking at, you did it right
Now position ruler on bottom seam and cut again
You will get this diamond
From now on just alternate the ruler from top seam to bottom seam
I got 6 diamonds out of that strip, the number will vary based on the length of the strip, but as I usually do this with scraps, reassure you any length will do
And there you have a double hour glass square :)
And all sewn together :)
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