D9 all done!

 

D9 quilting

I have the quilt on my long arm.  I decided to use a yellow wide backing.  I think I forgot to mention this in my last post, but 108" wide backings are now my favorite things.  I love the way pieced backs look, but the ease of putting a wide backing on the long arm So nice!

I used the featherweight to put the binding on.  Since I had extra from the wide backing I chose to use that as the binding.

That's probably been the most surprising thing from having my accuquilt.  I use it to cut my binding, and I have SO much binding right now! In a variety of colors, because when I cut it I get a lot of strips.  So I save them, they work great on my scrap quilts.

D9 cut

I got all the pieces of the disappearing 9 patch cut up.  I love having my design wall! I found a few blocks I had put up incorrectly first.  But because of leaving it up there any looking at it, I realized that I had a few turned incorrectly.

It definitely took some work to get all the pieces spaced out, so there weren't yellows, purples or teals too close. 

I love the way the pattern looks, and sewing it together is nice because there aren't seams to match.

D9 blocks

I finished all the blocks I need for my disappearing 9 patch.  I know it will lose a little bit of length and width once cut apart and sewn back together.

I know some of the purples are are brighter and darker than others, but I think it will work once they are cut apart.

For those that have never heard of a disappearing 9 patch, now that they are all finished, I will cut it down the middle both up and down and across, then I will sew it back together.

Disappearing 9 patch cont

 

Here's a few of the blocks up on my design wall! It definitely is coming together quickly.  I am able to sew it between other things.

Disappearing 9 patch

I have some fabrics from Hawaii that I am going to put into a quilt (I cannot share what I have done with the other fabrics yet).  I decided I would do a disappearing 9 patch.  I used up my trusty Accuquilt to cut 5" strips, then I subcut those into 5" squares, then sewed the nine patches together.

I think I am going to call this quilting springing from Hawaii, because it's spring like colors and some of the fabrics came from Hawaii.

I love how easy disappearing 9 patches go together, and how interesting the design ends up looking.

Disappearing 9 patch

I did some straight line quilting on the back of this, and quite like how it turned out!

And here is the front.  I LOVE hose this turned out!! I can see why people make many of these quilts!! they are fast and easy, and they also look so interesting!

And this is finish #5 of the year!!!

Disappearing nine patch on the design wall

 

Here are my disappearing nine patch blocks on my design wall.  They sure do work up fast!!

I think I have enough blocks done! Now I just need to sew them into rows.  I am still trying to decide how I will quilt it, I am going to do this one on my home machine.

I am linking up to design wall Monday.

Disappearing nine patch

 

I asked on the quiltville open studio facebook page if anyone could suggest a quick pattern.  And they suggested a disappearing nine patch.  I have always wanted to do one, but just haven't.  So this was a great excuse to!!

It really does come together quite quickly. I sewed four blocks together, and cut them apart, and had time to sew one into a new block, I am sure I can get quite a few of these done in a night!