The quilts our sewing group sew for Lutheran World Relief are constructed within a few prescribed perimeters--they must be 60 X 80" and not contain any materials that suggest either religious or patriotic messages. Our group interprets that to mean no fabric with Christmas or Fourth of July type images or design. We do, however, get donated fabric that is clearly Christmas and other holiday themed and most recently, some kind parishioner even cut 11" squares (which we delight to receive) out of fabrics that while lovely were definitely Christmas and patriotic.
A while ago, I saw this pattern, A Disappearing 9-Patch technique that seemed like an easy-to-do, fun thing to try; hese patches presented the perfect time to experiment. Since we can't use this quilt for Lutheran World Relief and since we are asked each Fall to give a Silent Auction item for the CROP Walk Silent Auction, using these squares for a quilt top for that purpose seemed like a good use of that fabric and my time. So here it is...
The patches above (and more--a total of 5 group of 9 or 45 squares) were sewn together.
Then, each large square of 9 patches is cut in the middle, both ways (see above link for a good description of that) and arranged in any way you like. This is a great method and quick way to make a different pattern from groupings of patches!
I may just have to make another one now for us or someone else.
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