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You may be asking yourself why I kept switching between calling it a disappearing nine patch and a tossed nine patch. The answer is simple. I grew up knowing the block as a tossed nine patch but most people today call it a disappearing nine patch thanks to Jenny Doan. Many quilt blocks have more than one name but I try to use as many of the names I know so that no matter what you call it we are all on the same page.
Supplies
5 blocks 6.5" square in one print (horse print)
4 blocks 6.5" square in one print (chicken print)
That's all you need two fabrics. I wasn't looking at what was on the fabric when I pulled it, I was focused on tonal properties. I knew the overall sampler quilt needed something a little more neutral going on it. We've got a lot of color going on in the quilt, some very bright, that we will need a few more demure blocks in the overall piece. Once I had everything pulled and cut I realized that I had pulled horse fabric and chicken fabric. As many of you know I live in a very rural area. I'm in a town of 400 and I literally have horses and chickens as neighbors. If you are keeping track at home I've now used sheep, pigs, horses, and chickens in this sampler quilt. I think the country girl is slipping out more than I intended.
Constructing The Block
I didn't demo how to sew a nine patch. We all know how to sew a nine patch it is what we started with when we first started to quilt.
This is the shortest video I've done on a quilt block since I started doing these demos. The block really does go that quickly. From the time I started cutting fabric until it was hanging on the design wall for the video was about 15 minutes. That breaks down to three hours for a full-size quilt top. I hope you make a bunch of these up for gifts.
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