I am reminded that the name of this blog is “Quilts and Other Stuff” and lately it seems that I have been posting almost entirely about OTHER STUFF. So, it is with great enjoyment that I am finally getting to write about quilts!!
Sometime back I posted about making a “Disappearing Nine Patch” quilt (post is here) for one of our guild charity projects. I wasn’t completely happy with the quilt top and decided to try it again but this time to plan my fabrics a bit more.
SO, instead of making it completely scrappy, I used the same fabric for each of the centers of the Nine-Patch and also used the same fabrics for the four surrounding squares so that the blocks looked like this…..
They were then sliced into quarters and formed into blocks that look like this….
The final top looked like this, although the photo doesn’t do the colors justice ….
The really fun thing about this top is that it only took 1 hour and 20 minutes to put it together, including the borders!!
It is now in the hands of the long-arm quilter and will soon be handed to a deserving individual. I hope it brings them much joy!!!
2 thoughts on “A post about quilts…..really!!”
These always end up with interesting patterns. And I agree that it is so handy to have something come together so easily.
Such a simple design and yet the end result is so effective. Someone is going to love this.