Monday, March 7, 2011

Disappearing Nine Patch

I've been working on a little disappearing 9 patch project in between other things.  I finally have all the blocks sewn and cut.  I only used yellow and blue prints and solids.  I did two different 9 patch sets, one with 5 yellow and 4 blue squares and the other with 5 blue and 4 yellow, both in alternating grids.  Now I need to figure out what arrangement of the blocks I want to use.  How do you like to arrange your disappearing 9 patch blocks?

I have an even number of blocks with large yellow and blue squares.  I tried this arrangement with the blocks all oriented the same way.

Then I tried mixing them all up.
They look totally different.  I might have to meditate on the different versions before committing to sewing.

The fabric is all charm squares from Connecting Threads.  I love how they sell precut sets of all their fabrics.  It's fun to get a bunch of different colors to play with patterns.

5 comments:

  1. This would be one of those tops that would be rearranged every time I was near enough to grab a block. Always something to tweak or change. lol hmm, a camera might help you remember options.

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  2. I like to arrange the disappearing nine patch blocks so that two of the small squares in the same fabric are diagonal to one another. Love the colors on this one!

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  3. Nice cheery colours. I like some kind of order with the disappearing nine patch. Some friends have done tons of these. I think two small squares and two large squares meeting together is nice.

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  4. I like the second pic. I have a stack of red and aqua disappearing nine patches that need to be put together. It's a fun pattern for sure. and your blue and yellow is really cheery!

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  5. I like to arrange my disappearing nine patches very scrappy with no seams matching up. This also is more forgiving when you piece that blocks together. I agree with Elle, keep moving them around until something grabs you.

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