disappearing 9 patch
This diagram shows how cutting up a 9 patch and rearranging, makes it look like you did lots of fancy piecing.
This diagram shows how cutting up a 9 patch and rearranging, makes it look like you did lots of fancy piecing.
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Love this idea! I will have to do this soon!
I have still not finished the first one I started!🙂 So many fun ideas out there.
Hi what size are the original pieces of the 9 patch thankyou
Any size you want. I use 5 inch charm squares, but you could use large 12 inch squares or little 2 inch ones, it would just give you different looks. I am a very improvisational quilter – I don’t really plan for a certain size of quilt, I just make blocks till I run out of fabric or get tired of it and then add borders.☺ Hope this helps!
I am very new at this. What ate the dimensions? I am confused because the seam allowance after rearranging seems like they would no longer be square
Woo! Math! Good question!
It depends on the size of the squares you start with. Say you are using a charm pack which has 5 inch squares — sewing them together into a simple 9-patch, you would end up with a 14-inch block. (One quarter inch would be lost on each side of the two seams, for a one inch loss total in that block. Your outside squares would look a little bigger than the one in the very center, because when you sew that block to a second block, you are going to lose one quarter inch all around. Once neighboring blocks are sewn all around, your first 9 patch block would be 13 inches square. I think! )
So cutting up that 9 patch, rearranging, and re-sewing — I believe that would give you a 12.5 inch square when you finished one block. It will be square, but smaller. The benefit is that the effect is more intricate. It looks like you originally cut up small squares, rectangles, and larger squares, and lined them all up perfectly.
I myself am not a very precise quilter. I actually use a little deeper than a quarter inch seam, just so I don’t have to worry about it. I don’t try to make quilts to a certain size — they just are what they are when they are done. 🙂
I hope this helps!!
Lovely!!! Just saw this block on Pinterest, perfect for a “rainchain” inspired quilt I dreamed up yesterday.
Good answers!
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Hi Kathy, I am so glad you dropped by! Let me know if there is anything I need to clarify (since you commented where I was trying to clarify directions for another reader).
And, I don’t usually plug my own posts, but you sound like a prime candidate for TextileTopia! https://textileranger.com/2019/11/24/textiletopia/
I read somewhere that darks should go in a certain place and lights another. Was that here? i cant find it now
It just depends on what effect you want. You could make your original 9-patch with a Top Row: bright color, black, bright color, Middle Row: black, bright, black, and Bottom Row: bright, black, bright. This 9-patch would look have the bright colors in the corners and the center, and a sort of black cross setting them off. Then when you cut the 9-patch and rearrange, the bright colors would pop against a black background. Here is a picture with that effect: https://textileranger.com/2016/06/05/quilt-block-mistakes/
And here is a Jenny Doan video — she always explains so clearly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjZOXxPazg
I hope this helps!
Hello there I am a fresh one at quilting.. I have made rag quilts and now I am going to adventure out to do 9 quarters.. Disappearing 9 quarter.. I did attempt to make one already but I got myself in a ditter I thought it would fit a single bed.. but it ended up fitting a crib…lol So I happen to ask is do you have a calculations sheet for if I wanted to make a disappearing 9 patch for a double bed or single bed how many 9 1/2 inch squares do i need.. for each bed??? thank you and happy quilting …
Thanks for listening
PS I m from Canada..:)
Sharon Nissen
rollingshar_55@msn.com
Hi Sharon, welcome to the quilt world!
Here is a great resource for figuring out how many blocks you need to make a certain size of quilt:
https://www.allpeoplequilt.com/how-to-quilt/quilting-basics/quilt-layouts-for-common-block-sizes
It is one of the resources on the American Patchwork and Quilting website. They also have all kinds of articles about quilt basics, and lots of free patterns!
They only show how to figure for 9″ blocks and 10″ blocks, not 9.5″, but I think if you use the suggested number for 9″ blocks, you will end up at the size you want. Good luck and if you have any other questions, let me know and I will try to steer you to a good resource. 🙂
If I am going to make a quilt, would I make 24 of the same 9 block square? From there make the cuts & then arrange in a design?
THANK YOU FOR THE DIAGRAM!
Hi Melody, It would depend how big your 9-patch is, and how big you want the finished quilt. For the men’s wear quilt that was my first disappearing 9-patch, I started with 5″ squares of fabric to make the 9 patch. I made 20 of those blocks and I had some pieces left over. I put three borders around it, and it came out 67″ wide by 80″ long. That one is at https://textileranger.com/2014/02/27/first-finish-for-2014/
Then lately I did a kid’s quilt top. I wrote about it here when it was still just blocks — https://textileranger.com/2021/09/23/september-2021-quilt-projects/. For that one I started with 6″ squares, and I made 12 9-patches. It is now sewn up, and it is 45″ wide and 65″ long, and I still need to add a row of light rectangles and red squares to the top and to one side, to balance it.
So I would say 24 blocks would definitely be enough for a pretty large quilt! You can always add borders to get it to a certain size. Please let me know if you have any more questions!