Nine Patch November: Nine Patches and Snowballs

Nine Patches and Snowballs

60 x 72

It's a flimsy!

This month I decided to reduce my three and six inch Nine Patch inventory so have declared it Nine Patch November at my house. 

This is the third quilt top I have made this month with six inch Nine Patches. (I previously made Sister's Choice and Framed Nine Patch tops in the 40 x 60 size).

I think this setting for Nine Patches and Snowballs looks like flowers. In my garden I have a few multicolor flowers that come in a range of colors from peach, yellow, apricot, pink, orange to dark red. I had those in mind when I made this quilt. 

I used red and yellow six inch Nine Patches from the Parts Department. I made most of those last year as one of my last blocks to empty out a 2.5 inch scrap bin that had been full for years. 

Most of the Snowballs came from wide backing scraps. I was going to make all of the corners of the snowballs with orange scraps but I didn't have enough orange scraps (I didn't want to cut up the larger scrap chunks- just wanted to use little bits and pieces) so threw in some scraps of reds and yellows and pinks for the corners too. 

Although I still have quite a few six inch Nine Patches I think this may be the last top I'll make this month from the six inch Nine Patches.  I'm trying to complete a couple of block sets made with the 3 inch Nine Patches before month end.

And on to the next!

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