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Home » Backing your 9 Patch Sampler with a Disappearing 9 Patch

Backing your 9 Patch Sampler with a Disappearing 9 Patch

June 13, 2017 by Nanny Leave a Comment

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Today I am going to show you an option for backing your 9 patch Sampler.

You can purchase special backing fabric which is wide enough to cover the back of your quilt but you often find that you cant find anything suitable.  Eventhough I had purchased some backing fabric, I decided it might be fun to show you a pieced back.

I decided that I would make one more 9 patch block using plain black and white.  I cut 5 x black 21″ squares and 4 x white 21″ squares.  They were a bit too large to photograph in total.

I plan to use this 9 patch to create a Disappearing 9 Patch Block.

The Disappearing 9 Patch Block is a very popular block as it is simple in construction but looks interesting and varied.

Normally you would make a Disappearing 9 patch block by making your 9 patch. You would then cut it vertically and horizontally through the centre like this:

Now because my black and white squares are so large, I’m going to cut them up before I make my 9 patch.  My tapes show where I will be cutting:

So I now have 4 x  black 21′ squares,  1 x black square cut into 4 x 10.5″ squares and 4 x white squares cut in half.

I will now sew each quarter by joining the small black square to a white and the large black square to the other white and then join them to form our quarter block.  I will repeat that to complete all four quarters.

I now turn the quarters to choose a layout.  Here they are all facing the same way:

and here the opposite large black squares are tuned towards the centre or corners. I will now join the 4 in this layout to complete the block and hence the backing.

My completed Disappearing 9 Patch Block all ready for a good press.

I am really pleased with my Disappearing 9 patch – I think it will make a great backing for my 9 patch sampler!

Until next time

Nanny xx

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