Over the weekend I sewed up some more mini nine patch blocks. This project has been on the back burner for awhile! Here are the 36 newes...
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The previous post contained my goals list for this year, and as I look forward to making those definite quilts on the list, I am dreaming about the quilts that will fall into the final goal - "numerous TBA quilts." I sure did leave myself a lot of leeway on that. Totally intentional! How about let's take a moment to dream about what I am considering for that goal. Because I am becoming increasingly concerned that my stash will long outlive me, I want to make easier, classic quilts with some of the pretty - and nearly vintage - fabric that I have collected over the last 40 years. The easiest, fastest blocks are 4-patches and 9-patches. Add a plain setting block, or a snowball block, or an hourglass block and a beauty will soon result. Here are some examples that have recently captured my fancy. When possible, I will link and/or identify the source, to the best of my ability. Click for link. This beautiful 2-color quilt would be very easy to make, if I have enough of the 2 fabrics. But, a quilter could use a group of similar navy fabrics with the white and still have a gorgeous result. My difficulty would be not having the neutral/white that would be required. Click here for link. This second example shows how additional colors can be added so that running low on one or more would be less likely. Still predominantly 9-patches, and the construction is straightforward. Click here for link. Sometimes the 9-patch can be jazzed up by elongating certain parts, and adding on more parts, such as what the quilt above illustrates. This would be a wonderful quilt for some of those fabulous larger floral prints I purchased back a few decades. Click here for link. And this example, called Irish Change, uses several fabrics for the setting blocks. Again, if I wanted to use fabrics of which I have only minimal yardage, this is a perfect option. I would determine my color palate and pull fabrics that played well together. Now, let's move on to how that 9-patch looks with snowball blocks. Here are two pics, one made with 2 fabrics, the other using many for a very scrappy look. Click here for link. Click here for link. And now to look at the 9-patch paired with the hourglass block. I've made one like this and it was super-satisfyingly fast. The version shown below has jazzed up the 9-patches. So many versions are possible. Click here for link. I dug back through my quilt pictures and found the one I made. I have since sold it, and so making another one would be perfectly sensible. This is from 2013. My pin boards on Pinterest are chocked full of simple designs that I might find myself making time after time after time. I definitely think simplicity will be the operative word for just about all the quilts I make this year. Plow through the stash at breakneck speed!! As I glanced through those pin boards, I found some that are even simpler than the ones I've shared here. I will post 3 or 4 that are really screaming to be made. Click here for link. Click here for link. Click here for link. Are you just dying to get started!?! All this dreaming and planning makes me to want to scramble straight to the quilting room to dig into the stash. Get to stitchin'! Happy Quilting, Friends!
I feel like I actually made some progress on my mile-long list of things to do. I finished my disappearing 9-patch using a charm pack of Happy Go Lucky that I won from this nice blogger. I used white Kona for 4 of the 9 blocks in each 9-patch. It makes really makes a charm pack go a long way. I put 1" sashing between each of the patches. I think it makes the blocks look like they float as well as make the design look a bit more complex. I used an all-over stipple and went with the light turquoise for the binding. I didn't want to buy any additional fabric for the back and the binding, so both are from my stash. I liked the fact that this collection has some orange in it and decided to go with some Kaffe Fassett that I had. The weather finally cleared on Sunday, so we took a trip into Boston to see the "To Boston with Love" project. I have 3 flags in the exhibit and my daughter also made one. It was an amazing thing to see. Many thanks to Berene and Amy for all their hard work. The location couldn't have been more perfect. It was so great to see lots of visitors looking at all the flags and pointing out their favorites. Of course Daughter Dear found her's right away. It's the peachy colored one on the end. She's a big Vera Bradley fan and used a VB cloth napkin for the heart on hers. Our guild is busy working on the Quilts for Boston project. I finished one top and am ready to baste it. (Ugh, my least favorite part of quilting.) I also have a second one ready to piece. Onward and upward! Joyful stitching, jane
My Four Patch Shuffle top is done and may become a teaching sample and later a donation quilt. Here it's shown sideways because it's too long to fit on the wall. As promised, I'm offering a tutorial, and here it is. Text and images copyright Jan Ochterbeck 2023. Four Patch Shuffle Finished Size 56” x 72” Block finished size 8” The blocks for this quilt are created by making simple framed square parent blocks, cutting them into fourths, shuffling the parts, and reassembling the blocks four at a time. Fabric Requirements White: 1-5/8 yards Black: 1-3/8 yards Four Colors, each: 1/2 yard. Shown here as Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange. Cutting WOF (width of fabric) strips are based on 40” width and yield 4 pieces cut 9” long, or 8 pieces cut 5” long. · White: o Cut 5 5” WOF strips. Sub cut them into 5” squares. Total 40 squares. o Cut 12 2-1/2” WOF strips. Sub cut 8 WOF strips into 9” pieces, total 32 9” pieces. Sub cut 4 WOF strips into 5” pieces, total 32 5” pieces. · Black: o Cut 2 5” WOF strips. Sub cut them into 5” squares. Total 16 squares. o Cut 12 2-1/2” WOF strips. Sub cut 8 WOF strips into 9” pieces, total 32 9” pieces. Sub cut 4 WOF strips into 5” pieces, total 32 5” pieces. · Each Color: o Cut 6 2-1/2” WOF strips. Sub cut 4 WOF strips into 9” pieces, total 16 9” pieces. Sub cut 2 WOF strips into 5” pieces, total 16 5” pieces. Making the parent blocks: There are two types of parent blocks to make two sets of final blocks. All seams right sides together, 1/4” seam allowance. Parent blocks should measure 9” square including seam allowances when sewn. Accuracy in making the parent blocks will ensure better results in the final blocks. · Primary parent blocks o Sew 5” colored or black pieces to the top and bottom of a white square. Press seams toward the color. o Sew 9” pieces of the same color to the sides to complete the parent block. Press seams toward the color. o Make 16 black-framed parent blocks. o Make 8 of each color parent blocks. · Secondary Parent Blocks o Sew 5” white pieces to the top and bottom of a black square. Press seams toward the black. o Sew 9” white pieces to the sides to complete the secondary parent block. Press seams toward the black. o Make 16 black-centered white-framed parent blocks. Cutting the Parent Blocks: Each parent block should measure 9” square. · Cut each one in half vertically at the center, 4-1/2” away from the edge. · Then cut each one across horizontally at the center, again 4-1/2” from the edge. · Resulting quadrants measure 4-1/2” square. · Cut all the parent blocks into fourths. Making the Final Blocks: Block A Yellow/Blue: Each sewn block should measure 8-1/2” square including seam allowance. Chain piecing is recommended. Make four of the same block at a time from one yellow and one blue parent block and two black and white parent blocks. · Lay out block quadrants as shown. o Note direction of frame seams (red arrows); make frame seams go the same direction within each block. o Half of the blocks will have vertical frame seams and half will have horizontal frame seams. · Matching frame seams where needed, sew top two block quadrants together; frame seams should nest. Press seam toward the color. · Likewise, sew bottom two block quadrants together. · Matching centers and frame seams, sew top and bottom halves of block together four patch style. · Press and if desired, spin seams. · Repeat using all yellow and blue block quadrants to result in 32 Block A’s. Block B, Green/Orange: Each block should measure 8-1/2” square including seam allowance. Chain piecing is recommended. Make four of the same block at a time from one green and one orange parent block and two black and white parent blocks. · Lay out block quadrants as shown. o Note direction of frame seams; make frame seams go the same direction within each block. o Half the blocks will have vertical frame seams and half will have horizontal frame seams. · Matching frame seams where needed, sew top two block quadrants together. Frame seams should nest. Press seam toward the black. · Likewise, sew bottom two block quadrants together. · Matching centers and frame seams, sew top and bottom halves of block together four patch style. · Press and if desired, spin seams. · Repeat using all block quadrants to result in 32 Block B’s. There will be one extra Block B left over after top is assembled. Quilt top assembly: · Lay out Blocks A and B in rows of seven. Make 9 rows. o For best seam nesting, alternate blocks with vertical and horizontal frame seams. · Alternate placement of Blocks A and B to create light and dark visual diagonals. · Sew blocks into rows; press all seams toward Block B. · Sew rows together; seams should nest. Press row seams all in one direction. Quilting and finishing: Backing: If pieced horizontally, 3-1/2 yards of fabric are needed. If pieced vertically, 4-1/2 yards of fabric are needed. Batting: at least 64” x 80” Quilting: Quilt as desired. Because of the strong diagonal stripe effect created by the placement of light and dark, avoid a pantograph that features a strong diagonal repeat which could fight with the visual diagonal. Binding: If cut 2-1/4” wide, need 5/8 yard. If cut 2-1/2” wide, need 3/4 yard. Cut 8 WOF strips. Alternate layouts: Original Layout: Each color is separated from the others. Alternate Layout: The four colors come together. This results in more prominent diagonals. Quilt of Valor variation, original layout: Substitute dark navy or deep charcoal grey for black. Substitute red for both yellow and orange. Total 1 yard needed or go scrappy. Substitute medium blue for both blue and green. Total 1 yard needed or go scrappy. Note: Be sure there is strong value contrast between the navy or charcoal grey and the medium blue. Choose a bright red rather than a dark red. Size as shown is 56 x 72”. Option: Add 4” borders to enlarge top to 64” x 80”. Borders will require 1-1/8 yards of fabric. Cut 8 4-1/2” WOF strips. I had fun with this Four Patch Shuffle, which is similar to my Cut and Shuffle method, and I hope if you like the tutorial, you'll have fun with it too. (Book is out of print) If you'd like a PDF of this tutorial, leave a comment and be sure to include your first name and email address in the text of the comment. My top will eventually be quilted and will be donated to the local family services agency. PS - Pardon the formatting irregularities. Blogger doesn't cooperate when I copy and paste from a Word document and add pictures. Link ups: Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, Quilt Fabrication, My Quilt Infatuation, Alycia Quilts, Confessions of Fabric Addict, Wendy's Quilts and More,
I love participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival because it gives me an opportunity to highlight some favorite quilts from when I first started blogging and had very few readers. This quilt has a sad story with a happy ending, which I am just going to copy here from my original post in 2009. This was the first quilt I made from vintage fabric. The prints are more 40's and 50's so the colors are brighter than some of my other quilts, and it's entirely hand pieced, which is unusual for this pattern since it's an easy pattern to sew on the machine. When I began to seriously quilt again about 8 years ago, I wanted to hand piece everything. When it came time for the quilting, I did a couple of rows and decided I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the piecing. I thought about the church ladies in Ohio who had finished the quilting on my first quilt, Morning Glory in the 70's (and several quilts for my mother and mother-in-law), and decided to contact them. Mrs. H responded that her group was still quilting and they would be pleased to finish my quilt. I packed up the quilt and mailed it the next day. About a month later I got it back and was so excited to take a look. Well, friends, you would not have believed what I found. The poor church ladies must have been really old by then because the quilt was a complete mess -- the stitches looked like a child had done them, there were really dark pencil lines from tracing the flower template, and the muslin back was covered with little blood stains. I was devastated! After I recovered from the shock, I started the process of taking out all of their quilting and doing it over -- one block at a time. Here's what I used: seam ripper, tweezers, a little cup of diluted Oxyclean, Q-tips, and a hairdryer -- it took about 6 months to complete. The good thing that happened was that I began to enjoy hand quilting, which is now my favorite part of the quilt-making process. Mrs. H and her friends were paid, and I never told them that I was unhappy with the result. They had done such beautiful work when they were younger, and it was sad that their vision had obviously deteriorated. I discovered after this quilt was done that one of my pieced blocks and two of the quilted flowers are turned the wrong direction. I couldn't really fix the pieced block, but I didn't change the flowers either which is kind of strange since I'm usually sort of a perfectionist about this type of thing. For some reason, it just doesn't bother me at all. 9-Patch and Snowball Martha Dellasega Gray, 2001 hand pieced, hand quilted 70 x 80
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