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The disappearing nine patch that I started a couple of weeks ago is now a finished top.
I love how fast this pattern goes together. I can take it with me tomorrow to our sewing group, weather permitting, and get it pin basted and ready for quilting. I need to stay stitch around the edges to make sure none of the seams pop open before that. I’ve also finished another section of the Noah’s Journey quilt.
It’s cold and blustery and snowy outside today, so it’s a good day to do some more work on Noah ...
The block piecing was started way back in 2010. I sewed the blocks together a couple of years ago and then quilted it the spring of 2019 before I sold the long arm. This quit has a twin to it. They are going out as Christmas gifts ...In 2012 I gave a guild workshop on "disappearing" blocks. That was before Jenny Doan brought the design concept to YouTube. I kept all the class samples I made -- the raw blocks, initial cuts, assembled blocks, and flimsies. I lent them to a friend to use in a class and she returned them. They've been on a shelf for ...