This is how far I've gotten. Your blog has been helpful. Ran into the problem of the light vertical strip not being the same length (it is longer) as the darker ones so will end up cutting as you suggested but lining them up first. I've wasted a lot of fabric and now wish I had chosen one of Jenny's tuts to do. Click image for larger version.  Name: Hourglass Quilt project.jpg  Views: 46  Size: 54.9 KB  ID: 99461 I know it is a problem with the templates/design files but I wish Craftsy had someone do this before rolling out the class. I've been reading the discussions trying to head off anymore issues before I get to that part. Pushing ahead and hopefully this will work out. Thanks for the help.