Mix & Match # 5

Jacob's Ladder
& Ohio Star

Ohio Star on the left and Jacob's Ladder on the right are two very traditional blocks that anybody can easily make.

Anybody means you.

Mix & Match #4

Flying Shuttles
& Shoo Fly




What if I cut these two blocks into quarters and the use pieces of each to make two new blocks?

Quarter of Nine #19

Calico Puzzle





A disappearing block is a traditional block that has been cut into four quarters and then reassembled.

I enjoy designing with disappearing blocks. I thought I'd take another stab at Calico Puzzle.

Quarter of Nine #18

 Calico Puzzle

Waterwheel

 Twin Star

Jacob's Ladder

Card Trick

Mix & Match #4

Disappearing 
Kansas Star

In my last post I made new blocks from each of these color versions of Kansas Star by cutting each block into quarters and then reassembling the quarters differently. I then used the new blocks in quilt designs.

What if I take two quarters from one block and two quarters from another block and use those to make a new block?

Quarter of Nine #17

Disappearing 
Kansas Star

A Kansas star block is made from nine diamond patches. If you assemble a Kansas Star block then cut it into four quarters, you can use the quarters to make new blocks and some exciting new quilts.

In my last post I did nine color variations of a Kansas Star block. I am going to try this technique on each of them in turn.

Mix & Match #3

Start With Two Blocks 
Everybody Knows

 Ohio Star                    Shoo Fly

And Make Two Blocks 
Nobody Has Heard Of

 Ohio Fly                       Shoo Star

Mix & Match #2

What If I Mix Up Two Blocks?

Shoo Fly                         Friendship Star

What if I make a Shoo Fly block and a Friendship Star block, cut them both into four pieces and then mix the pieces up?

Mix & Match #1

What If Two Blocks Became
Two Different Blocks?

Jacob's Ladder           Ohio Star

What if you take two blocks. Cut them into 4 quarters each. Take 2 quarters from each block and sew them together to make a new block. What do you get?

We're about to find out as I'm going to do that very thing with a Jacob's Ladder block and an Ohio Star block.

Quarter 0f Nine #16

Antique Tile

Antique Tile is a tradional block that is made from 9 square patches. So it is a nine-patch block. If you make one and then cut it into quarters, the result is four Quarter of Nine blocks.

Quarter of Nine #15

Dublin Steps

When you cut a traditional block which is assembled from nine units, such as Dublin Steps, into quarters you get four Quarter of Nine blocks.

When you change how the Quarter of Nine blocks are colored and arranged, the result is a new block that can be used to make original quilts.

Quarter of Nine #14

Flying Shuttles

You won't find a Flying Shuttles block anywhere in this quilt design; but you need to sew Flying Shuttles blocks to make the quilt.

Far left: The 9 units that make a Flying Shuttles block
Center:  A Flying Shuttles block
Near Left: A Flying Shuttles block cut into quarters


Cut a Flying Shuttles block into quarters and you make what I call Quarter of Nine blocks. You'll notice that it makes two different Quarter of Nine blocks. You can use these new blocks to design your own quilts.

Quarter of Nine #13

This Quilt

 

 

 

Begins With

 

 

 

A Jacob's Ladder Block

Quarter of Nine #12

What You Should Know About

Quarter Of Nine Blocks

* They are easy to make.
* They are fun to design (play) with.
* They start out as traditional blocks.

Quarter of Nine #11

Start With A London Roads Block

Make A Quarter of Nine Block Quilt

Quarter of Nine #10

What If You Made

 

An Ohio Star

 

Block..

...Then Cut It Into

Four Quarters?

Quarter of Nine #9

What If You Made

 

A Friendship Star...

...Then Cut It Into

 Quarters?







The result is 4 Quarter of Nine blocks that are really quite strange.

Quarter of Nine #8

What If You Made

 

A Churn Dash

 

Block... 

...Then Cut It Into

Four Quarters?

You would have 4 small units to play with. I prefer to call them Quarter of Nine blocks since the original Churn Dash block was made by sewing 9 squares together and each of the new blocks is a quarter of those 9 squares.

There are any number of ways you could sew the Quarter of Nine blocks back together to make larger blocks.

Quarter of Nine #7

What If You Made

A Shoo Fly Block...

...Then Cut It Into 

 

Four Quarters?

Quarter of Nine #6

What if You Made

A Nine Patch

 

Block...

...Then Cut It Into

 

 Four Quarters?