9 patch

Not working...................... from Exuberant Color

Sometimes you have to play with some blocks to find out what isn't working. I had company yesterday so last night I just pulled out the baggie of 44 three inch 9 patches. I placed them on my sewing table edge to edge to see if they would make a nice table runner top. What I quickly realized is that there are lots of dark colors in these blocks.

I had a stack of batik squares in the same size so I just put them on every other block that was on the table. My conclusion? Neither of them ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under 9 patch , batiks , knitting

A finish! Yay!........................ from Exuberant Color

My green Rosy quilt (a Kaffe design) is finished. I just love this quilt. What's not to love about green; it goes with everything. Nature shows us lots of green and it goes with every color of flowers.

I have it photographed upside down to the way I designed it so a couple of one way designs are upside down here, but I'm short, and this quilt is taller than me, so I didn't want to unpin it and turn it around.

If I had flipped the photo above, then it wouldn't match this photo that ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under 9 patch , kaffe fabric

Purple Haze 19, 20 from Virtual Quilter

The 9 patch blocks in this project file are put together with simple straight piecing, though the pieces are rather small. The size of the pieces make the blocks look much more complex than they are.

My favourite today is the second design with blocks which appear darker in the corners creating a diagonal light square in the centre. In a real quilt that could be emphasized by quilting straight lines around the square, ignoring the shape of the blocks.

added by Virtual Quilter 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under 9 patch , 9p blocks , nine patch block designs , pieced block designs , pieced quilt designs , purple haze (Comments)

Finish #4 for August 2024 from Exuberant Color

This quilt is tricky to photograph. If I use auto adjust in my editing program, it gives the pinks a blue cast so I didn't use it.

I don't feel the necessity to name every quilt but I have to have something to call it when I refer to it. This one has just been Hearts and 4 Patches so far. It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and it is 59" x 76".

I bought a couple big yardage pieces of pink prints for backings at a good sale price and this butterfly print is one ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 1 month ago. under 9 patch , accuquilt die cutter , kaffe fabric , one color quilt , triangles

Red, Black and White 13, 14 from Virtual Quilter

This is as far as I have got with mixing more than two colours in basic 9P blocks … and the results can be stunning if you like the colours!

The half blocks around the edge of the second design are interesting!

added by Virtual Quilter 1 year, 2 months ago. under 9 patch , 9 patch pieced blocks , 9p blocks , black and white , nine patch block designs , pieced 9 patch blocks , red (Comments)

A quilt top!!................... from Exuberant Color

Yesterday the weather turned cool, 69 degrees after high heat and humidity for many days. My energy comes back with the windows open and a cool breeze coming in. To get this sewn, pressed, and photographed in one day felt good.

The prints are from several lines of Terrie Mangat fabric, fabric that has waited for 12 years to be used. The design is technically a Single Irish Chain but really it is a celebration of all of the prints. It is 55" x 72". I used all of the fish fabric that was left. I don't know what ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 2 months ago. under 9 patch

Final layout................... from Exuberant Color

This photo was taken in daylight as my reference for the final layout as I sew it together. I only got 2 vertical seams sewn so far. This is technically a Single Irish Chain but the black with white spots isn't strong enough in value to make the chain stand out. The wild fabrics take over in this one.

This print has all of the creatures that are the Chinese symbols of the year plus years noted on each of them when it was the choice.

The second quilt with Terrie Mangat's fabric is going to take a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 2 months ago. under 9 patch

Part one................ from Exuberant Color

24 nine patch blocks of each color combination are complete, even pressed last night. They are 9" blocks, the same size as the pile of squares of the other prints (shown a couple days ago). Now I need to cut some squares of the "people" fabric and then I will be ready for the design wall. This will be the simplest of the 2 quilts with these Terrie Mangat fabrics if I end up making both of them.

Another hot humid day predicted so I hired someone to mow my grass this week. I'll spend my time inside designing.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 2 months ago. under 9 patch

In the studio................... from Exuberant Color

Two quilts arrived home from longarmer Robin and are waiting to be trimmed and binding sewn on. Maybe by the end of the week I'll get that done.

Some stratas were sewn for the beginning of a quilt with Terrie Mangat fabric. If my idea doesn't work, I can use these as part of a backing.

Still hot and humid here. Tuesday predicted to be 73 degrees. I hope it is true.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 2 months ago. under 9 patch

Busy work............. from Exuberant Color

I pressed a lot of fabric yesterday to prepare for cutting for about a week.

I also pressed the backing for this small quilt and loaded it on the longarm. Maybe I'll get it quilted today. I hope so. Then I would have the same number of finishes as new quilt tops since the first of the year.

On Thursday I dug up part of my huge green Coral Bell and planted it in the front of the house. I dug up the Sedums that were there and gave them to my granddaughter to plant in front of her ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 3 months ago. under 9 patch , nature

One last quilt top for April............. from Exuberant Color

I am so happy I finally finished this quilt top, started in 1996 while teaching a class.

It is 36" x 42", another one I won't have to piece a back for. I have enough of the parasol fabric for the back and binding. I'm glad I kept the fabrics together all of those years.

I rarely make quilts with just 5 fabrics but this one turned out great, those wonderful 1990s fabrics in it.

I have to document those last blooms on the cactus because I'm not sure I have ever had one bloom this late ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under 9 patch , nature , nostalgia

A good sewing day.............. from Exuberant Color

We really didn't get much rain yesterday except in the early morning but I had decided I was going to sew since the end of the month is creeping up and I have my self imposed quotas to fill. I finished the binding on Charley in the Forest in the late afternoon.

Next I cut the setting triangles for my 1996 quilt. I need to cut 2 more of them and also the corner triangles today.

After that I cut the binding for this star quilt and got it all finished by machine.

There was still a half hour ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under 9 patch , binding

Another round of squares............. from Exuberant Color

I cut one more group of squares to add to my 1996 project. It is the same fabric that is used in the center 9 patches. I think I have enough of the lightest fabric to cut setting triangles and then I can sew this together.

Another 110" is hand stitched on the Charley quilt. There is only 108" left to stitch. I may spread that over 2 days.

The last 2 cacti buds are finally blooming. I think I can safely say these really are the last blooms.

The Redbuds are in full bloom and now the rain will ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under 9 patch , binding , nature

A quilt top for April................. from Exuberant Color

I really like this quilt top, but then I like all of the quilt tops I have made with these neutral color batiks.

This one is 55.5" x 72". The next one which will use the rest of the blocks will be larger.

Here are 3 of the others made with most of the same fabrics and a few different in each quilt. Unfortunately the lighting on the one on the right is bad and I sold it so I can't take another photo.

I mowed grass for a half hour and then went to the garden center ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under 9 patch , batik , strip piecing

Layouts............... from Exuberant Color

There are more little 1.5" batik squares to make more 9 patches but I decided to play a little with layouts. Edge to edge isn't very spectacular. Since the blocks will finish at 3", this would only be 12" x 18", about the size of a placemat.

Spacing the blocks out with plain blocks between would stretch this to 18" x 24".

With the blocks on point they measure about 4.25" across so this would be about 21.5" square. After sewing 400 of the 4.5" 9 patches I'm not very anxious to sew a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under 9 patch , batik , stash , strip piecing

More tiny 9 patches............ from Exuberant Color

I went through all of the piles of 1.5" squares and matched 5 dark/4 light for another batch of blocks. In some there are 5 of the same fabric or 2 similar fabrics and others are 5 different fabrics that look good together. The same is true of the groups of 4.

We had storm warnings last night which turned into nothing in my area so I sewed blocks. This is 23 blocks, 8 of which were made the day before yesterday. I haven't turned on the iron yet to press them.

The Redbud trees are pinking ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 5 months ago. under 9 patch , batik , nature

A finish for April 2024............... from Exuberant Color

Brown Bear Paw is finished. I made the decision to use the border fabric for the binding and it is all finished by machine. It is 68" x 82".

This will be a raffle quilt to raise money for Prader-Willi syndrome which my youngest granddaughter's first child was born with. It is very rare and most of us had never heard of it. She is organizing a fund raising walk in mid-May and is including several raffles.

Here is the spectacular back. Having a stash is so wonderful. I had all 3 of these fabrics, no shopping required.

Cable ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 6 months ago. under 9 patch , binding

First quilt top for April 2024........... from Exuberant Color

The quilt top was pressed and posed for its portrait. It is 40" x 49". The blocks are 4.5" finished and there are 99 of them so there are 198 different fabrics in this quilt top. There are high contrast blocks and low contrast blocks in the mix. I think it has softer contrast in person.

I sewed 100 combinations of 2 fabrics and two 2" strips of batik was enough for 4 blocks. This is the other 301 blocks.

This is the only block I didn't use. It is in the early layouts that I showed on ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 6 months ago. under 9 patch , batik

Charley is home................... from Exuberant Color

Charley in the Forest came home yesterday, quilted and ready to be trimmed and bound. The trees are upside down in this photo.

I got this Charley Harper fabric, enough or a backing, on sale at a good price and I just love it. You will see the whole quilt in a week or so, depending on when I'm ready to do some hand stitching.

In last night's sewing session I got this top sewn together but it isn't pressed yet so I'll do that today and post its photo tomorrow.

Most corners matched pretty well ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 6 months ago. under 9 patch , batik , kaffe fabric

Ready to final scrutiny................ from Exuberant Color

A final decision: I would just make 2 more blocks and then sew it together. I made the 2 blocks last night and now I will decide if any blocks need to be moved and then sew it together. I will still have the option to make one or two more blocks if I'm not entirely happy with it. The photos aren't totally accurate so what I'm seeing on the design wall looks a little different than the photo.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 year, 6 months ago. under 9 patch , batik

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