funky mod "square" and sweet hourglass quilt blocks

I completed 6 blocks in the "Square" chapter of Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt blocks:

 

I love using Tula's book, but I was getting a little tired of zany fabric and block combos.  To switch things up, I decided to practice my half square triangles by making some pastel hour glass blocks:

 

 



 

It's a very different look!  I'm pleased that most of the center corners matched up.  I only had to redo 1 set.  Yay!