Blooming Nine Patch Quilt Designs

Quilt: Ideas

I used to be the kind of quilter who signed up for every workshop my quilt guild offered, started the project being taught at each retreat I went to, got involved in every block swap my online quilt group dreamed up, and joined in every round robin that came along. Uh huh……some of you know exactly what I am talking about. And that’s how you end up with all those UFO’s! So, naturally in 2002 when the Blooming Nine Patch was going to be taught at my guild retreat, I just had to make one. I asked Aaron and Leah, who were \

Quilting

We are having a QAL over at Cbees yahoo group this weekend. There are some questions on how to go about the planning of a Blooming 9-Patch….

Quilt

The nine patch quilting technique is a traditional first pattern for most beginning quilters. is This guide contains information about blooming nine patch quilt patterns.

Blooming Nine Patch Quilt

Blooming Nine Patch Quilt Easy Version

Quilt designs

blooming 9 patch

I love the Blooming Nine Patch pattern. An original design by Blanche Young, it is featured in her book, \

Kaffe

This week summer has hit Virginia with temperatures in the high 80’s and 90, so it’s appropriate that my Blooming Nine Patch is finished this week. I look at this quilt and I think about the bright, vibrant colors of summer and the flowers that just burst forth after the cold winter months. These are all Kaffe prints… my favorites! The most difficult part of making these quilts is picking the fabrics. This started as a kit, but I changed it up a bit. I’m trying not to let the unevenness of the ends get me down, but you can see the wave a bit here. When it was quilted, I think the biased ends were pulled too much and there is an obvious difference in the width of the quilt at both ends. Lesson learned…. stay stitch each and every quilt before taking it to the LAQ! The edges don’t show here… just the beautiful fabrics and quilting design shine through. This quilt will get washed and dried and I’ll see if I can’t make the wave less obvious doing this. Anyway, it’s finished and I’m happy. Happy Quilting!