Hi, it’s Jenny, from the Missouri Star Quilt
Company. I’d like to do another tutorial
for you on the Disappearing Nine-Patch.
Look at this adorable quilt we made using
Hunky Dory Charm Packs. We used approximately
two Charm Packs, and we used a little bit
for the border, and a little bit for the outer
border, and we scalloped the edge, but what
I want to show you is how to put this darling
little block together.
This is the block right here. It has a little
tiny corner square, two smaller squares, and
the 5” block from the Charm Pack. This is
called the Disappearing Nine-Patch and I want
to show you how it works.
For the Disappearing Nine-Patch you’ll need
a set of charms, and this is the Hunky Dory
Charms, that’s the one we just did the baby
quilt out of, and what we’re going to do
is we’re going to take nine of those charms
and we’re going to sew them together in
a giant nine- patch.
So, as you can see this is not at all a matching
set, but it’ll help you
to see what I mean, and we’re just going
to show you this. So, you sew all
this together. You’re going to sew them
at ¼”, press them open, they’ll all be
together like this.
Then, you’re going to iron them, and you’re
going to lay it flat on your counter like
this. Then you’re going to take your ruler
and you’re going to put it right in the
middle, right in the middle, OK? And you’re
going to cut it. Cut this whole big block
like this, and then you’re going to cut
it like this. What it’s going to do is it’s
going to quarter this middle square. Let me
show you how we do that.
So, this is another ginormous nine-patch.
You’ll see it has nine charms that we’ve
sewn together, and then we’ve cut it immediately
in half, and see what that gives you? It gives
you this darling little squares that look
like you’ve done a lot of work but you haven’t
really done a lot of work.
So that’s what makes a quilt fun, because
it gives you a big WOW without the work! So
here’s what we’re going to do now, when
you put this together, there’s several different
ways you can do it. You can line it up really
linear and make them look like they’re sashed,
but my favorite way is to line up the seams,
so, that no seams come together. So, whenever
you put the blocks next to each other you
just want to make sure that there’s no seams
coming together. You don’t have to match
anything.
So, you end up with this darling quilt that
the blocks are all over. I’ve seen this
done several ways. One of the ladies did it
using Kansas Troubles, and her middle square
was a black square. And what you have to remember
is that all your outside corners, again if
you’ll look, your outside corners is where
you want your largest prints to be. Your favorite
prints should be in the outside edges.
Those are the ones that are not going to get
cut at all. The middle one you want to have
be the one that you want quartered and so
on this Hunky Dory quilt right here, I actually
took some yardage, and cut out 5” squares
and for my center block right here, the one
that was going to get quartered, I did those
in this aqua blue color.
So, all my center squares are the same when
they’re put together, and see how I lined
them up with no seams matching. It makes a
really easy quick baby quilt that’s adorable.
And then I took the aqua and brought that
out into the border as well.
So, I hope you enjoy this fun tutorial, on
the Disappearing Nine-Patch, from the Missouri
Star Quilt Company.
