PBS

Gilla, I've never seen a Civil War Charm Pack! My husband got me interested in the CW, so I'm also on the lookout for more fabric! Where did you find your Charm Pack?

Gilla

At a LQS (Quilt Haus 830-620-1382) in New Braunfels, TX. I know they have the fabric (lots)at another LQS here in San Antonio, but I don't know if they have charm packs. I bought my border fabric there. If you like, I check it out for you.

PBS

That would be great, Gilla! Do either of these LQS have a website? Thanks :)

Gilla

Seventh Heaven has two charm packs, Home Front & Crossing. I haven't seen them, so I don't know what they are. This is the one that has lots of CW frabrics. Their website http://www.seventhheavenquiltshop.com. Their fabrics run 8 - 10 per yard.
The other one I am not sure whether they still have CW fabrics. Their website is http://www.quilthaus.com. Their fabrics are in the same price range. Hopew this helps.

PBS

Thanks again, Gilla! I'll check them out!

craftybear

another video to watch, Enjoy!

http://www.5min.com/Video/Disappeari...lock-264631295

craftybear

another video to watch, Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjZOXxPazg

craftybear

table runner tutorial

http://patchwork-of-mini-grey.blogsp...-tutorial.html

craftybear

Have fun making your disappearing 9 patch, they are so much fun and when you put it up on the design wall, you will say,

Wow, wow

I designed that!

Happy Quilting!

Janis

I first learned about the D9P on this forum, and decided to use it for my twin grand daughter's quilts. I used all of the same variety of fabrics in both quilts, but put my 9 patches together randomly with the fabrics for each quilt. I had mostly light colors in the corners. After cutting up the multi color 9 patches, and putting them back randomly, I appliqued things one might find in their back yard, as I later called it, in the large squares, randomly. I used a squirrel, a bee, a butterfly, a lady bug, a bird, a worm (although some think it might be a snake), a dragonfly, a multi circle creature that has a head and the rest of it's body made out of circles..I don't know what to call it, but you get the idea. I also appliqued 2 overlaping hearts on a square near the center of the quilts, one a darker pink and the other a lighter pink on each quilt signifying that the girls were twins. Of course one had the darker color on top and the other had the lighter pink on top. I had to do the applique after the quilt was sewn together so I would have all of the blocks I was using for the applique right side up. I outlined quilted the bugs and animals and in the large empty squares I hand doodled a flower and hand quilted that. I also used embroidery floss to make eyes, antennas and also faces on some of the bugs and animals and did that after I had my quilt dancwiches so I could hide my knots in the batting. In the rectangles, I drew and quilted a long backward S like shape. My quilting on the borders was a long swooping wavy line with doodle flowers along the way. I hope this might give others ideas of how to do the D9P with a little twist.