Valentine Quiltworks: Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt. Here it is! My collection of black and white fabrics is now a Disappearing 9 Patch quilt! To tell you the truth, I wasn't crazy about the black and white color scheme, it just isn't me. But I wanted to use colors outside my comfort zone, and I really like how it turned out! My favorite part of the quilting process is taking the finished quilt off my longarm machine because it has become a quilt. That is when I decided I really like this one. I was going to sell it, but it is definitely growing on me!(Editor's Note: The Disappearing Nine Patch quilt design is not my own, and I do not intend to imply anything more than insight into the fabrics I chose, and how I made it for my own personal use.
I did some research before I posted the quilt, and there are several different names, including . Just like many other common quilt designs, there are tutorials and photos of the design on many quilting websites and blogs. This blog is not intended to be downloaded or copied in any way, it is for your personal enjoyment only.)Now I am going to show you how I made this Disappearing 9 Patch quilt. It looks complicated but it is really easy!! I used darks (black), lights (white), and an accent fabric (red). This quilt is about 6. For each block I used 4 dark squares, 4 light squares, and 1 accent square.
I cut my fabric into squares 4- 1/2. I used a total of 9.
The Disappearing Nine Patch is a simple variation on the traditional nine-patch block. It is very easy to make, and looks impressive when finished.
A Disappearing Nine Patch 'STAR'. Now cut the 9 patch block as you would a disappearing 9 patch. Cutting it in equal segments vertically and horizontally. Explore Cheri Barnett's board 'Quilts - Disappearing Patch' on Pinterest, the world's catalog of ideas. I love Disappearing Nine Patches! Yes, this is a disappearing nine patch. I made 9 nine-patch blocks. Disappearing Nine Patch Fabric Requirements You can use any number of like sized squares as long as the number of squares you use is divisible by nine.
Here is a pile of my 4- 1/2. I made 2. 4 blocks that look like this, with the dark squares in the corners and the accent square in the middle. I didn't worry about what fabric goes where, other than light, dark, and accent, because as you will see it doesn't matter! And my finished blocks look like this. I made make 2. 4 of these. This is a traditional 9 Patch block!
The next step is to cut each 9 Patch into 4 equal pieces with one horizontal cut and one vertical cut, like this. Now here is where the 9 Patch disappears! I turned two of the blocks, so it looks like this. I sewed the 4 small squares together into a finished block. I ended up with 2. I then sewed them together in rows, 4 blocks wide and 6 blocks long. The blue line shows one block.
Below is what the quilt looks like when the blocks are all sewn together. As the saying goes, . I chose a quilting design called .
It is a design with lots of little circles, I thought the quilt was busy enough and needed something fairly simple with curves and repetition. I chose red thread to compliment the red accent squares. I like to put a narrow accent border to frame the quilt, and then a wide border to finish it off. It is like putting a double mat on a picture. Here is a picture of the back, you can see the quilting design. It is the same fabric that I used for the accent blocks and narrow border on the front, even though Photo Shop changed the color a little ; -) Rather than using black and white on the back, I think it is fun to use a fabric that creates a little bit of a surprise!
Disappearing nine patch photo tutorial. The disappearing nine- patch pattern is perfect for a beginner quilter. In the tutorial below I have made a very scrappy version using lots of different fabric designs, but by choosing accent fabrics and simply arranging the blocks in different ways before you sew them together, you can acheive a very different look. Here are some that I've made before. Can you tell they are all made with the same patchwork block? The following tutorial is an extract from my blog when I made the quilt above.
Hopefully you will find some lovely fabrics in my shop to make a disappearing nine patch quilt of your own. Or would you prefer me to make one for you? If so, email me via my contact page.
I had a day off yesterday which meant I had lots of time for patchwork. I’ve had the fabric for a while and some of you had great suggestons as to what I should do with it but because I only had one day, I did something really easy. I still have plenty fabric left to try at least one more of your suggestions later. I chose the Disappearing Nine Patch block, which requires little preparation and thought. The more variety, the better if you want a scrappy look, in my opinion Here are the basic instructions for making the blocks.
Cut twenty seven 1. Cut each of these in half across and down giving four 5 x 5 inch squares from each large square. You should have 1. Then put them all in a box or bag and mix them all up. Choose nine squares randomly and sew them together to make a nine patch like the one below. Make twelve of these.
This is the clever bit! Cut each of your nine patch blocks down and across the middle to make four new blocks like the ones below.
Then, all you need to do is mix them all up again and arrange so you don’t get too many of the same design next to each other. I like to put two little squares and two larger squares diagonally opposite each other to give a really scrappy effect.
I laid mine all out on the floor and swapped them around until I was happy with the arrangement. Then I sewed all the blocks in each row together and then sewed the rows together. It is easier, when sewing rows together, to sew the 1st to the 2nd row, then the 3rd to the 4th row, then 5th to 6th and finally the 7th to the 8th. Then you have four rows. Then sew the top two pieces together and the bottom two together giving two halves of your quilt top.
Finally join the two halves together. This way, you aren’t wrestling with most of the quilt a lot of the time. My quilt top is about 3. If you do try my tutorial, I would love to hear from you.
Please send me a photo of your quilt and I'll add it to the gallery.