Mini nine patch quilts

I finished a couple of quilts last week and took some photos of them and others today. Thought I’d share them here. I love being surrounded by books, quilts and good friends.

Diving into your scrap stash can be fun but also a little overwhelming if you don’t know what you want to do with it. One of my favorite quilt blocks to make with my scraps is the nine-patch block. It can be made from small squares and comes together so quickly with some chain piecing!...

I’m so excited to be back for my second Moda Bake Shop tutorial! This time I’ll share a quick and easy quilt pattern featuring my variation on the classic 9-patch block. Finishing out a…

Welcome to finish it up Friday! This, my friends, is a stack of 340 mini nine patch blocks. That means that I finally have enough blocks for a decent lap size quilt! Oh, happy day! If I could do cartwheels, I would at least 100! :) I started making these blocks back in July of 2013. Each 9 patch finishes at 1 1/2'', which means those little squares within the 9 patch are 1/2" finished....give or take. (So tiny! So crazy!) Precision piecing is not my thing, so these blocks nearly drove me to…

The nine-patch quilt block is a timeless classic that has been enjoyed by quilters of all skill levels for many generations. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced quilter, the simplicity and…

Hello and happy Thursday! I’ve been sewing some scrappy 9-patch blocks this week, and I realized that some readers might be interested in some tips on piecing this type of scrappy block. A scrappy 9-patch block was actually the first block I sewed. I made it into a pillow after sewing the nine squares together…and […]

Welcome to the first block in the Tiny Quilt QAL. The block’s finished size is 3″ x 3″. All the blocks are made with foundation piecing. In such small sizes it’s a lot easier to get an accurate block

Assemble a 9" Double Nine-Patch block.

Hello and happy Friday! Welcome to part two of the Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Sew Along! As usual I had a hard time deciding on fabrics. There are many possibilities for a scrappy quilt like this: holiday prints, completely scrappy, scrappy in a certain color way. I even thought about using a fat eighth bundle I […]