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Make a Double 9 Patch from Charm Squares

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Today we are going to take a break from Half Square Triangles as we make a Double 9 Patch block from charm squares.

WHAT YOU NEED:

LIGHT: 4 x 5″ squares

DARK:  6 x 5″ squares  (my DARK is the check)

OTHER: 7 x 5″ squares  (my OTHER is Black)

NANNY NOTE:  As you can see there will be some wastage (opportunities)using charm squares.  If you would prefer to cut strips I will add details for you at the end of this tutorial..

LET’S SEW:

  1.  Take each of the DARK and OTHER squares and cut  strips (1 and 7/8)” wide.  You will have two at that width and a smaller strip left over that you will be able to use in another project.

2.  Join  strips DARK, OTHER, DARK  – do this 3 times.  You will see that they now will be 4.5″ wide

3.   Join strips OTHER, DARK, OTHER – do this 5 times

4.  Now turn so the strips are horizontal and cross cut each strip into (1 and 7/8)” strips (as in step 1)

5.  You will need  5 of the DARK, OTHER, DARK strips and 10 of the OTHER, DARK, OTHER strips

6.  We are now going to join the strips to make small 9 patch blocks

7.  Trim all blocks to 4.5″ and press.

8.  Organise your squares


9.  Sew your 9 patch and press.

NANNY NOTE:  If you prefer to cut strips you will need to:

  1. Cut strips:

DARK: 2 strips 10″ x (1 and 7/8)” and 1 strip 20″ x (1 and 7/8)”

OTHER: 1 strip 10″ x (1 and 7/8)”  and 2 strips 20″ x (1 and 7/8)”

2.  Sew the  10″strips  DARK, OTHER, DARK and the 20″ strips OTHER, DARK, OTHER

 

Now continue from Number 4 above.

That is our Double 9 Patch block all done!

 

I decided to use my Eiffel Towers again – I look forward to seeing your choices!

Until next time

Nanny xx

NANNY NOTE:  All previous block tutorials for the 9 Patch Sampler can be found at the end of the first tutorial.

 

Make a Birds in the Air Quilt Block from Charm Squares

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Today we are going to make a Birds in the Air quilt block using charm squares.  As with any of the blocks, you may choose to use a different combination of LIGHT, DARK and OTHER – there is no right or wrong!

 

 

WHAT YOU NEED:

DARK :  5 x 5″ squares

LIGHT:  4 x 5″ squares

OTHER:  2 x 5″ squares

LET’S SEW!

  1.   Make 2 DARK and 2 LIGHT into  HST’s
  2.   Repeat using 2 LIGHT and 2 OTHER
  3.  Take one of each of these and put aside (you will not need them here)
  4.   Trim the HST’s and the remaining  DARK squares to 4.5″
  5.  Organise your squares:

6.  Sew your 9 patch and press

NANNY NOTE:  You will have 1/4″ seams on the outer edges of your triangles.  A photo mishap meant that this was taken after it was added to the quilt top, hence it appears to finish at the points.

I really like this one!  Of course you can see that if you were using it in a quilt you could save a lot of work by cutting the large triangle formed by the DARK in this case as a single triangle.

Until next time

Nanny xx

Make a Chevron Quilt Block from Charm Squares.

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Today we are going to use our Charm Squares to make a Chevron Quilt Block.  This is a very popular design and you will see, that it  too, is easily made from charm squares and the 9 patch layout.

WHAT YOU NEED:

DARK: 5 x 5″ squares

LIGHT:  5 x 5″ squares

 

LET’S SEW!

  1.   Pair the DARK and LIGHT squares and make into HST’s

NANNY TIP:  use chain piecing

2.  Cut the HST’s

3.   Press

4.  Put one square aside and then trim the other 9 squares to 4.5″

5.  Organise your squares:

6.  Sew your 9 Patch

NANNY TIP: To match your seams and to get nice points, you will need to nest your seams AND sew just to the raw edge side of the seam line.  Take a look at the photo:  The needle  is pointing to the point where the HST seam met the seam joining it to another pair.  I am sewing toward that point but will sew just to the right of that point – about a needle width.  This will mean that when I press the seam, I will retain the nice points!

Before:

After:

 

7.  Press and admire your Chevron Block!

That leaves us five more blocks to go!

Until next time

Nanny xx

 

Make a Greek Cross Quilt Block from Charm Squares

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Today we are going to make a Greek Cross Quilt Block from charm squares.  You will notice how similar it is to a Churn Dash. It is an example of how we can, by varying the fabrics and the direction of each square within the 9 patch,  achieve a totally different block.

 

WHAT YOU NEED:

DARK:  4 x 5″ squares

LIGHT:  4 x 5″ squares

OTHER:  1 x 5″ square trimmed to 4.5″

LET’S SEW!

  1.  Trim the OTHER square to 4.5″
  2.  With 2 x Light and 2 x Dark squares make make HST’s
  • diagonal line
  • scant 1/4″ either side of line
  • cut between the lines

3.   Take the other 2 x Dark and Light squares and

  •   Fold the light squares in half and finger press or draw a line down the centre.
  •   Place the light square and a dark square, right sides together and sew a scant 1/4″ either side of the centre line. (better too scant than not enough)
  •   Cut along the line between the two rows of stitching.

NANNY TIP:  Don’t forget if you are using a Directional fabric, you will need to join one pair of squares in one direction and the other pair in the other direction

4.  Trim all squares to 4.5″ squares

5.  Organise your squares:

6.  Sew your 9 Patch and press.

That leaves us only 6 more blocks to complete for our 9 Patch Sampler.  Have you started to try them out to see how they will look all together? How about sharing a photo of your blocks – I would love to see them!

Until next time

Nanny xx

Make a Churn Dash Block from Charm Squares

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Today we are going to make a Churn Dash block from our charm squares.  The Churn Dash is a popular block and you will see many variations of it.

WHAT YOU NEED:

DARK: 4 x 5″ squares

LIGHT:  5 x 5″ squares

LET”S SEW:

1.  Trim 1 x Light  to 4.5″ square

2.  Take 2 light and 2 dark squares :

  •   Take the light squares and fold in half and finger press or draw a line down the centre.
  •   Place the light square and a dark square, right sides together and sew a scant 1/4″ either side of the centre line. (better too scant than not enough)
  •   Cut along the line between the two rows of stitching.

NANNY TIP:  If you are using a Directional fabric, you will need to join one pair of squares in one direction and the other pair in the other direction

3.  Take 2 x light and 2 Dark squares and make HSTs (Half Square Triangles)

NANNY TIP:  If using a directional fabric, fold the squares along the diagonal to check that you have the right direction before you mark and sew

  • diagonal line
  • scant 1/4″ either side of line
  • cut between the lines

4.  Trim all squares to 4.5″

5.  Organise your squares:

6.  Sew your 9 patch and press.

 

That completes our Churn Dash – Block number 8 of our 9 Patch Sampler.  We are now half way through and I am loving seeing your finished blocks so thanks for sharing!

Until next time

Nanny xx

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