You may or may not know that last year I entirely cleaned out my 2.5 inch width scrap bin. The very last blocks to come out of there was Nine Patches for the Parts Department. And after I emptied that scrap bin I have been making Nine Patch blocks every time I have 2.5 inch scraps left over from any project. So now the Parts Department has a lot of Nine Patch inventory and the Nine Patches are in their own bin. I thought since this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color is blue I would dig...
...through the Nine Patches and pull out the blues. I also tried to divide all of them up into stacks for future quilts.
First I pulled all of the dark blue nine patches out of the bin and combined them with some red HSTs and light blue HSTs and made some of these four teen inch blocks (don't know the name so I'll call it churn dash variation). So from now on whenever I end up with dark blue nine patches they will get made into these blocks until I end up with 20 blocks for a quilt. I am keeping with this colorway for these blocks so no other color of nine patch will be used in the centers.
Then I pulled out the pastel/light blue Nine Patches and made some ten inch Sister's Choice blocks. I sorted out a stack of other light colored nine patches and those will also be made into Sister's Choice blocks.
The bright blue nine patches will be combined with other bright blue nine patches and made into an Irish Chain quilt. The red and yellow nine patches will be made into framed nine patches. I have a few other sorted piles and am still thinking of what I will do with those. Maybe Sawtooth Stars or set on point or maybe alternating with snowballs or hourglasses or...
20 comments:
nothing better than a simple 9 patch - at least not if you get your hands on them.
How many ways can a 9 patch play ? lol Nice blocks, Cathy.
I love the metamorphosis blocks, Cathy. The churn dash variation will make a wonderdul patriotic quilt and the Sister's choice blocks are also beautiful.
Happy weekend!
I love your ideas for the 9 patches you've made! Both blocks you show today will make great quilts!
Amazing number of ideas you have come up with for turning those 9 patches into more complicated blocks. I would never have thought of any of those things!
Making the 9 patches was a great idea! Maybe I'll do that with the remaining strips on the box. I am getting tired of making easy breezy blocks. Thanks for the inspiration and happy stitching!
I love your blocks, especially the churn dash variation. Wait - the Sisters Choice has to be the most lovely! Great ideas, all. And now we’re all going to start making 9Ps…
Funny how those nine patch blocks gets us every time, they have a unique charm of their own. Beautiful blocks.
The blue blocks are very nice, but I LOVE those with red! ---"Love"
Great recycling of those nine-patches! These will be some lovely, happy quilts, much nicer than being confined to the bins.
You are amazing, I love to see the ideas that you come up with.
Both blocks are appealing. Will the Sister's choice block also been only in blues or will you mix colors with those? It poured all day here and I really should have done more sewing, but just couldn't get motivated.
Pat
More winners!
Great use of your four patches. . Love the Sister's Choice block. Happy quilting.
Churn Dash Variation stole my heart. I love it
I just love your methods for getting quilts made with scraps!
Two great ways to grow a 9-Patch quilt, Cathy!!
As others have said, you have the best ideas! 9 patches in the Parts Department. Love it~
Never know what you'll get up to next! Love all your blocks - especially those unknown ones. I've never seen that particular pattern either - sort of a Churn Dash meets Sister's Choice. Sister's Dash? Churn Choice?
I love all the variations one can get from tbe simple 9-patch!
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