The wonderful " Disappearing Nine Patch"seems to a technique in continual process of new and more involved variations. And I'm happy to share all of my links and easy cutting diagrams with you!
It's so easy to take a simple block and turn it into a much more complicated looking one...and a quilt that's quick and easy to create! Simply put, a nine patch block is created and then sliced apart in a myriad of different cuts or with different color arrangements so it literally disappears and is replaced by four smaller units. Apparently, Karin Hallaby, wrote a book in 2002 called "Magic Pillows, Hidden Quilts, which included a Magic Nine Patch quilt made using the same technique that's so popular today.
Nancy Brenan Daniel also wrote a book called Disappearing Nine Patch in 2002 but apparently it is quite different from what we are calling that style today. Eventually, an online blog by Helen Bailey, featured a tutorial about her own use of the disappearing nine patch but she referred to it by a different name. The same technique has been called Tossed Nine Patch (by Eleanor Burns) and (possibly) 9 to 4 by other quilters and authors. And now of course, we have disappearing 4 patches, 9 patches (shown above) and on and on with so many fun and varied improvisations.
But just to have a look, check out some of the images and links that I have discovered and create new and easy blocks and quilts of your own! Let's start with some fun and simple 4 Packs as I share links to some tutorials and some different variations from what you might think
of as a D4P..or Disapearing 4 Patch, as well!
Photos and link to Beth at Live, Laugh, Quilt
Disappearing 4 Patch that's so easy to make with Charm Packs...but almost as easy to make fromscratch!
Disappearing 4-Patch from Chock a Block Quilt Blocks
Look at how color can alter the look in a hurry!
Wonky Version of the Disappearing four patch from Beth for all of you who can't cut straight anyway!
The Disappearing 9 Patch Block or D9P
Simplest design and cut:
The wonderful instructions that I personally use..to make my own D9P quilts...thanks to Bonnie our Comfort Quilt Chairperson from our Mid-Valley Quilt Guild, here in Salem, OR
Enlarge the photos of the sheets above and there is also a super cheat sheet for yardage etc!
Disappearing 9 Patch
Disappearing 9 Patch tutorial Another version of the Disappearing 9 Patch tutorial A different color scheme for the D9P quilt
Disappearing 9-Patch Variation
Disappearing 9-Patch Variation from Chock a Block Quilt Blocks
The Twist and Turn D9P quilt D9P video & different layout
Wacky 9 Patch
Wavy Nine Patch by Debbie, The Traveling Quilter
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D9P and D4P and Variations!
disappearing 4-patch
disappearing rail fence
Maybe Hidden Wells, too.
Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt Block Tutorial - YouTube | |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjZOXxPazgApr 24, 2010 - 4 min - Uploaded by MissouriQuiltCo
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Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt Block - YouTube | |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=clL_nz8J_vgMar 14, 2010 - 2 min - Uploaded by pennyh123
www.How-to-Quilt.com - Penny Halgren shows how to sew the Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt block. This ...
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Disappearing 9 Patch, Quilt by Sandi, 12 18 10 - YouTube | |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdxHT-VDnLwDec 24, 2010 - 6 min - Uploaded by SanDenBest
Disappearing 9 Patch, Quilt by Sandi, 12 18 10 ... 90 Minutes with Meryl Ann Butlerby Merylannb16871 views ...
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Stitchery Dickory Dock: Scrappy Disappearing 9-Patch Tutorial
Disappearing Nine Patch Tutorial from Jo's Country Junction
From Kristy Daum:
A fairly simple block , modernized by balance and choice of fabrics.
- Instead of using 9 printed fabrics in a single block, you use only 4; the balance is your background fabric.
- You use multiple Block Layouts in a single quilt.
Below is an illustration showing you a handful of Block Layout options using the 4 + 5 concept. There are certainly more then I have shown here and I encourage you to create your own too. The greater variety of Block Layouts you use in a single quilt, the more unique it will look.
Here are the Block Layouts that I choose to use in my quilt. As I wanted to make 9 blocks, I just duplicated some of my favorites.
Below in an illustration showing you how the blocks will look once quartered, see the variety.
Once you have sewn together, then quartered all of your blocks, you can
begin laying out the assorted pieces into a pleasing arrangement. This
is the fun part, as you can really play with the negative space.
All that's left to do is sew the blocks into rows, and then sew the rows
together, sandwich, quilt and bind. Ta-Da!! you have just created
your very own Modernized D9P.
Michele Bilyeu blogs With Heart and Hands as she shares a quilting journey through her life in Salem, Oregon and Douglas, Alaska. Sewing, quilting, and wildcrafting, with small format art quilts, prayer flags, and comfort quilts for a variety of charitable programs. And best of all, sharing thousands of links to Free Quilt and Quilt Block Patterns and encouraging others to join her and make and donate quilts to charitable causes. Help us change the world, one little quilt at a time!
