Another question about quilting
#22
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 224
I did not find the disappearing 9 patch all that easy. I used 9 different fabrics and I really don't like the end result - I made 3 of them and I have made heirloom quilts, log cabins, etc. - but perhaps the D9 patch looks better with only 3 fabrics - I wrote to people on the board because theirs looks great and never really got answers.
good luck - rail fence is fun!
good luck - rail fence is fun!
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Newberg, OR
Posts: 1,911
My first quilt was a 9-patch and rail fence set on point. I learned almost everything I need to know on that one quilt, and it was very pretty. Three fabrics total. If you would like the instructions, PM me, and I'll email them to you and offer up help to boot, if you need it.
#29
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 19
Hi, the disappearing nine patch is really simple, yet when it is done it looks like you have done something more complex. Make nine patch blocks with the center piece being the same color in all the blocks. i.e. I made one with black and white squares and red block centers. Then after you sew the nine patch, cut in in half both vertically and horizontally and rotate the upper right quarter and the lower left quarter 180 degrees until the center piece in on the corner and then sew the block back together again. Just google a disappearing nine patch block pattern, there are some really good tutorials out there. It really is a neat looking quilt yet very simple to make. Hope you'll give it a try.
#30
I agree that rail fence and warm wishes are great for beginners. D9P can be made as phrojangles suggests, or with different colors in the centers and different layouts, also with more or fewer colors. Yellow brick road is also a good pattern for a beginner. (YBR was my first quilt.)
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