Scrappy Saturday (on Sunday)

9-patches cut for blocks

I have been working on a disappearing 9-patch in black and white scraps. I started it at the end of 2024 when the rainbow-scrap-challenge color was "darks." It is coming together nicely. 

I am really liking this pattern. I can see it working really well as a formula for charity quilts. If you have squares of any consistent size (3.5", nickels, etc.) in 2 contrasting colors you sew up nine-patch blocks with the colors placed consistently (in my current one all the corners and centers are black and the other patches are white). 

It doesn't matter at all how the fabrics are mixed in the 9-patches, only where the colors are placed. The only exception is that if you have a directional fabric it MUST be in the upper left corner of the 9-patch so it comes out the correct direction in the finished quilt. 

A finished block

What ever color is in the corners of the 9-patch becomes the focus blocks, the side pieces become sashing, and the centers of the 9-patch blocks (which could be a 3rd color) become the cornerstones. 

Once you make all the 9-patches you cut them into 4 pieces (measured equally from the center of the center block) and then sew those together to make the quilt top.

Linking up with Scrap Happy Saturday and Oh Scrap!