Disappearing nine patch directions Patch#
I love the Disappearing 9 Patch for the way it covers up glaring errors, like those I make while quilting. Look at the photos below after you set down your cup. It’s fine.” And I said, “I’m obsessing again, aren’t I?”Īs in the other quilt I made, I worry that you experienced quilters might giggle-snort into your coffee when you see my multitude of blips, tucks, and, ugh, a complete misalignment (I don’t like to pin things before I sew them). Indecisive person that I am, I spend quite a while turning the squares, adjusting, counting (oops, I mentioned math again), and worrying over them. Īrrange all of the pieces in the order you find most pleasing. Turn the cut pieces in any direction you fancy. See? They are cut and they look still pretty. Keeping the pieces together in their original position (as if you hadn’t cut it already), cut it again, this time across). That’s what that pizza slicer-looking thing is doing there.)Ĭut the 9 Patch in half again. You can hold your breath but don’t close your eyes. Just get them square again.Ĭut the 9 Patch in half. I squared my pieces to about 10-11″, I think. After the way I iron (lumpily) and the way I sew (crookedly), it is a lucky thing indeed that I can square up the piece. It allows me to get the piece back into a square shape. You’ll see what I mean in the photos below. Sew the squares together, to make “9 patch” quilt blocks, which are each 3 squares wide by 3 squares long. Is that too much math for you? It is for me. I used 9 different fabrics (see them above), so I cut 3 squares of each fabric. If you want to make a doll quilt like mine, which is about 18″x13″, you will need 27 squares. You can imagine 4″ fabric squares, right? I forgot to take a photo of the little squares. I cut 4″ squares, but you can choose another size. Or you could be less indecisive and just go to the fabric store and choose quickly.Ĭut the fabric into squares. If you’re like me, the decision takes a while, so just hang fabric swatches up like laundry on a clothesline, adding one/taking one down every time you walk by until you notice that you’re not taking any off anymore. I only recently learned the Disappearing 9 Patch from another blog, but I’ll include how I went about the process in case it’s helpful to someone.įirst, select your fabrics. That humbles and surprises me, new quilter that I am (thank you.) When I started a new one for our Little Gal who is turning 5 tomorrow (sob), I thought I’d photograph the process more closely for you. There has been quite a bit of interest in the Disappearing 9 Patch quilt top I made a couple of weeks ago.