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Post by midtnmama on May 29, 2019 13:27:39 GMT
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Post by tenbusybees on May 29, 2019 13:50:14 GMT
Nine patch has a special fondness for me. I like the "updating".  My grandma when she was 5yo was supposed to hand piece a 4-patch quilt. She didn't want to piece quilts; she wanted to make doll clothes. It was the Depression and no place for such luxuries. So when she was 9 her mother made her piece AND quilt a 9-patch. Grandma called it her "punishment quilt". She came to live with us in her last years. As her dementia worsened she always found familiarity with her punishment quilt. I loved listening to her tell of where each of the scraps came from and the lesson she learned about procrastination. She made me piece quilt blocks too when I was little. I had to do one, just a 4-patch, everyday before I could go outside to play. I loathed those quilt blocks, especially when she said my stitches were too big and I had to redo it. Do you know I found all those blocks. I can't believe she kept them all. I should make my own punishment quilt...except there's no wonderful stories of "this dress" or "that blouse." Grandma got her wish of making doll clothes and fabric shopping was a pretty regular occurrence. She had a museum of antique dolls that she loving dressed the dolls in the appropriate time period dresses. Sorry for the thread drift. I miss my grandma and just the little things that remind me of her, well, I like to think that's her way of saying hi. |
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Post by midtnmama on May 29, 2019 16:40:08 GMT
Nine patch has a special fondness for me. I like the "updating". My grandma when she was 5yo was supposed to hand piece a 4-patch quilt. She didn't want to piece quilts; she wanted to make doll clothes. It was the Depression and no place for such luxuries. So when she was 9 her mother made her piece AND quilt a 9-patch. Grandma called it her "punishment quilt". She came to live with us in her last years. As her dementia worsened she always found familiarity with her punishment quilt. I loved listening to her tell of where each of the scraps came from and the lesson she learned about procrastination. She made me piece quilt blocks too when I was little. I had to do one, just a 4-patch, everyday before I could go outside to play. I loathed those quilt blocks, especially when she said my stitches were too big and I had to redo it. Do you know I found all those blocks. I can't believe she kept them all. I should make my own punishment quilt...except there's no wonderful stories of "this dress" or "that blouse." Grandma got her wish of making doll clothes and fabric shopping was a pretty regular occurrence. She had a museum of antique dolls that she loving dressed the dolls in the appropriate time period dresses. Sorry for the thread drift. I miss my grandma and just the little things that remind me of her, well, I like to think that's her way of saying hi. Oh, that was beautiful. It reminds me also that sometimes our lifelong hobbies and interests form when we are small. I sewed all my doll's clothes and was interested in growing plants and propagating them from cuttings. My bedroom windowsill was full of cuttings, like my kitchen and bath window is now.... I am glad that she could fully indulge her interest in dolls when she grew up.... |
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Post by Maura on May 30, 2019 5:59:09 GMT
She is right, it is less complicated to cut the corners out of two squares the same size as the nine patch rather than one larger square into four. It also puts the grain of the fabric on the outside, which is where you want it. The corners come out too large, but it allows you to trim it nicely (ala Eleanor Burns).
The nine patch with white squares is the basis for a single Irish chain. But, the squares would not be on point because you wouldn't get the illusion of diagonal chains.
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Post by LauraD on Jun 12, 2019 13:59:39 GMT
I really like how easy it is to make that block. Even without setting it on point, the trick of ironing the seams in opposite directions is worth its weight in gold.
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