This may be old hat, but I love what you can do with a nine patch. Check out this variation

http://happyquiltingmelissa.bl...ion-tutorial_17.html

Enjoy

Hi tvbleak & welcome to the boards. I like the layout of that D9P block. It was hard for me to cut up a D9P block the first time I made one.

Hi, thanks for sharing that. It looks easier to start with the 9 patch rather than 4 patch,sash,cornerstone!! Effective!

There is no end to what you can do with the D9P ... this is one that I used 5"charms for my grandson to gift to his father a few years ago - and he uses it.

City, that's gorgeous! It is amazing how such a simple process can turn out so cool...and you sit there and think "why didn't I think of that??"

Aliq .. you made me chuckle, gorgeous isn't a word that came to MY mind but I'm really flattered to hear it .. yes this is a block that can be done so many ways both with the sewing and the block arranging. One of the charity quilts we did had the same dark green center squae in every block which when cut resulted in the little dark squares that popped up all over. Looked really nice.

City Sandie- I love your D9P!!!

TvBleak- Welcome to the boards!! Nice link to D9P variation!!

Here's another variation I found and made:

pat

WHAT??? How did you do that, Pat?

Welcome, tvbleak. Thanks for sharing the link. So many variations. Love them.

Very cool.....I do love all the variations. So many ideas...so little time

beautiful!
Welcome tvbleak!

Sandie, my best guess would be a scrappy nine patch,with white for the inside squares and the same dark (blue?) for the center. ?

Pat will tell us!

here is another variation done by my friend..

Kim thanks for sharing that it is really a cute idea - who would think to do it with all that white ...

Kimstrut- you are always there to pick up the slack when I go missing!!! I love your wealth of knowledge!!! Yes, CitySandie- Kim is exactly right- 4 scrap squares for the corners(I used 5") with 4 white squares as the inside ones and dark blue (I used Millineum 2000 celebration fabric! ) as the center square.

I love yours in the photo, Kim!!! Now decode it for us, please!!!

pat

Thanks Pat ... and I have to laugh - I stil lhave some of the blue stuff too!!
I need to try that, I love the way it looks, all crsip yet bright with colors.

here is picture 1

and you turn in, 2 opposite corners

Kim- you are the greatest!!!!! Thanks so much for the tute!!! I now have yet another quilt to put on my list courtesy of you!!!

Amazing how you can start with a simple 9 patch and get so many options!!!

pat

Thanks to both of you- been awhile since I have done anything'creative' with that block - and I really like it with all that white - and don't I have some WOW to use ...
my listeth groweth... I no longer have a bucket list, mine is a barrel list.

oh, I have been looking for a complicated looking simple quilt to make........this just might be it!
Thanks!!

PWife ... you have the right idea there just for fun, use some small squares, make a few 9 patch blocks all alike - and then cut them as shown, + , then rearrange each block by turning them... you will see some new patterns emeging ... and of course color placement plays a big role in how it looks. That one i showed does have a pattern but because of the many charms I used it's hard to tell!