Western 9-Patch

This is the last of my A Quilted Gift finishes for this week.

This is a simple sashed 9-patch with a cowboy border. There was enough of these fabrics in the donation bins to make 3 of this quilt, with more left over. I put one together and made up kits for two more. The kits will make up quilts identical to this one, but with different backing fabrics. I don't think I'm going to quilt this one, I'm going to hand it in and let another Guild member do the quilting. I included the strips for binding to match the red bandanna-print sashing in each kit and made some for my finished top as well.

Cowboy Panel Quilt

Cowboy Panel Quilt, 2025

Continuing the finishes of the quilts I have been working on creating for my guild's charity quilt project -- A Quilted Gift. 

The bin of Western fabric included 4 of the same panel featuring cowboy images. There were 11 different pictures in a variety of sizes. 

I worked out the math, added an extra side unit to make the quilt more balanced and came up with this design. I plan to quilt this top before turning it in for distribution. I also made up kits with the remaining 3 panels including the needed fabrics (the background and accent fabrics vary) and directions to recreate this quilt. The kits will be available at the next AQG meeting.

Scrappy Eagle Quilt

Eagle Scrap Quilt, 2025

I have a bunch of finishes to share this week. I have been working on creating quilts from a big bin of Western-themed fabric for my guild's charity quilt project -- A Quilted Gift. 

The fabric with the eagles that I used for center panels in this Scrappy quilt was one big piece with a very large repeat so I had to cut the feature squares 9.5" which made a big quilt. I usually put 3 rounds of scraps around each image when I make this design, but this time I stopped at 2 rounds so the quilt wouldn't be outrageously large. 

 

Friday Finish

Seaside Patchwork 

 This quilt is another variation on the design I used for the horse-panel top. It is closer to the pattern in the book. It includes 220 squares cut at 2"--all of which came from my box of scrap squares.

I quilted this with a wave pattern in the patchwork and then a loop-the-loop in variegated blue in the seaside print sections. I had a little bit of striped binding left from a previous project and I used it a long the top because it was the perfect colors for this quilt. 

Overall I like this design, but next time I may play around a bit with the proportions of panel to patchwork. 

Scrappy Saturday

Horse panel quilt top

I have been working on creating quilts for my guild's charity quilt project -- A Quilted Gift. Among the donated fabrics for the project was a large bin FULL of Western/horse/cowboy prints which I have been creating quilts (and kits) from. My latest finished top is super scrappy with lots of 3.5" squares. This design is a variation on a pattern from Cut the Scraps. 

The next top I am putting together will use lots of scrap strips to frame some western-themed panels. I will be using the same design I used for the Pink & Green Scrap Quilt Lisa and I made last June.

Linking up with Scrap Happy Saturday and Oh Scrap!

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!