Saturday 22 April 2017

Practice makes perfect

Over the years I have been quilting I have made loads of 9Patch blocks, usually using separate 2.5" squares as I always have a supply of these on hand, cut from small scraps.

eg in my numerous Wonky Wishes star quilt and blocks:



I have already used the strip method of dark, light, dark matched with light, dark, light but again I think I have usually used 2.5" strips to make those 9Patches.

I was looking at Cathy's Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting blog and admired the tiny 3" finished 9Patches she made from 1.5" strips.  She describes in detail how to make these in a tab (HELP WANTED!!! (39P Swap) at the top her blog.
As I have a lot of thinner scrap strips I decided to give it a go. I am not the most accurate of sewers so found this exercise quite challenging.  But I persevered and am amassing a collection of finished tiny 9Patches.

Finished earlier this week:

Completed 9Patches in piles (2, 3, 4 or more of each colourway)


Today I sewed already cut strips together, number of finished blocks I cut make depended on the length of strips I had:



These were sub cut into 1.3" pieces:



And then assembled into 9Patches:


No plan to use them yet, so I'll squirrel them away until a suitable project pops into my head.
I thought I could use them as corner stones in borders, or even to make a quilt border.
Or alternate them with solid coloured patches.  We'll see.

Now off to make some more 5" String blocks which will be a nice change from being so precise!!

However I do think the old adage "Practice makes perfect" is right..............  in my case I think I am getting better, certainly not perfect!

6 comments:

  1. I love the little 9 patches and I agree that practise does help with accuracy. I look forward to seeing what you do with them.

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  2. You or any of us don't need to be perfect we need to be practical. With what you do and also the good that gets passed on you are doing a great job

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  3. such tiny blocks they certainly would make a great border

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  4. All those little 9-patches are beautiful. Thanks for linking up to Sew, Stitch, Snap, Share again.

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  5. Lovely little 9 patch squares, like the fabrics you've used in these.

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