How to Make a Disappearing Nine-Patch Quilt | a Shabby Fabrics Tutorial

[Music] hi it's Jan from shabby fabrics we have a project for you today called the disappearing nine-patch using the flower garden collection from Oda fabrics and we just kept making more and more projects these colors are so fun and fresh for spring especially anytime you want to bring just a light airiness to your home maybe you're just a guest room your kitchen so as you're seeing projects around here we've got of course the quilt which I'll be going over how to make the block today it will just be remaking that block over and over again I love how it gives you that scrappy look but because it's from the same collection it's organized and I like that that it's the colors just have a nice harmony what else do we have is this quilt as you go bag super fun kids of course are available for all the projects that I'm showing you hanging towels these are so awesome this is something that of course you could be using on a practical basis you can absolutely use these wash those though them and just keep reusing those or they can of course to be decorative so we have kids available for that we did placemats with matching towels that have their double-sided so that you could have that look or be on the other side and be having that look with a little bit of a blue splash and a coordinating table runner so we we just really thought this was a special collection and I you know I'm always kind of drawn typically to the darker fabrics or maybe a shabby chic look but this one really spoke to me and so I think that's why we just kept making more and more projects this is another quilt as you go project here as well as those placemats or quilt as you go so that's I just wanted to show you what was on set with me so if you're like what is that you're aware of what I've got here so let me put those to the side and let's talk about this block the quilt is 20 blocks you're going to make the same block again and again but with a different arrangement of we have three different arrangements of our fabrics so that's what gives it's nice scrappy look by the way this is the coordinating backing if you do love these colors the kit speaks to you this is going to be your backing option and of course we have those in limited quantities so be sure to grab that I always love when the back is the same collection it just finishes off perfectly so with the disappearing nine-patch quilt of course this can be done in any collection so let's say that you're like no you know this these aren't my colors or I prefer Purple's this will work of course with really any collection be sure to grab the download this is a disappearing nine-patch on the shabby fabrics homepage at the bottom there's a link that says free downloads click that you're looking for the disappearing nine-patch quilt but you're going to see links to so many other quilts wool series clubs all kinds of information is there where you'll be able to see all of the things we've been working on at shabby fabrics so and if you're watching from the shabby fabrics on our product page there should be a link right there to be able to just launch and watch the video right there so you'll be able to see what how easily this block goes together so once you get this download you're looking for three pages I would encourage that go ahead if you have the option to print in color go ahead and do that because what's nice about that let me show you pictures of the fabric so when you open up your kit you can see exactly what fabric you're looking for and that way you're not inadvertently grabbing the wrong fabric and making a cut that you thought was a different fabric of a lot of these have the same design but in different colorways so it'd be very easy to do that if you print the pattern in black and white by the way if you do get the kids don't worry about putting the pattern we will have that in your kit full color printed for your convenience so to make this disappearing nine-patch as you'd expect you're just going to start with an eye patch notice that we have three different arrangements they're all nine patches but where we put the fabrics is the variety that gives you the quilt that you're seeing here on my left your right so of this particular one that today you would be making eight of these and as you can see on this next arrangement you'll be making five of those and seven of those so just make sure that you are making the appropriate amount to replicate the the quote that you see here because of course the kit is predicated on you making those quantities of each of those blocks so you're just going to cut these out these are five inch squares and lay them out then as you would with anything else you ever piece right sides together all of this you're just going to quarter it seam allowance quarter inch seam allowance quarter inch seam allowance go ahead and press or just open that back up and again just right sides together right sides together quarter at the seam allowance and I'll show you we actually did that ahead of time I'll show you how we press that so that you're able to see what we've done for the top row which is of course this one here up on the top we just pressed to the outside Ord them the middle row we press to the center and for the bottom row again pressing to the outside and then when we sew those units together we just pressed open so I don't because I want to show you how to do the disappearing element I'm gonna fast-forward through you don't need to see me piecing those together it's a standard quarter inch seam allowance use a good quality thread I've got a 50 weight confetti cotton in both the top and bobbin of the Machine so that's what that looks like so let me put this aside for now and let's jump right into what is this whole business with this disappearing stuff let's talk about that disappearing nine-patch so once you have your nine-patch put together and it's pressed we give you pressing information there your black needs to measure 14 inches right now so let's just start right there with making sure we've done a measurement check to make sure we are at our 14 inches and it looks like we are right where we want to be you you maybe haven't done piecing in a while I would encourage you to focus on that quarter inch seam allowance before you jump into the project because this is predicated on a really accurate quarter inch seam allowance to get the block into the 14 inch configuration to begin with that will determine of course the finished size of your block making sure everything is going in nice and square first step here is to I'm gonna get my block so that it's oriented in the exact position you can see how I could easily have turned this so whenever you bring the block back to Center in front of you make sure that you are referencing this sight picture exactly so that this isn't turn inadvertently this direction it will the block will still go together it's just going to look a little bit different than your sight picture here so I'm matching this picture the first step is cut the 9-patch block in half both vertically and horizontally by measuring two and a quarter inches from the seams and the way we've drawn this in the pattern here is the easiest way to find that this distance from here just to here of course is four and a half exactly half of that is two and a quarter so using my two and a half inch by 24 half inch ruler which is such a go-to for me these days I love this ruler not only for cutting jelly roll strips of maybe a scrappy project maybe I don't have a jelly roll but I want to create who 1/2 inch strips this is great for when I'm doing cuts just like this it spans the full distance of where I want to go and it's got this nice bold quarter inch seam allowance so I know that this rulers two and a half but if I lay the quarter inch dashed line on my seam I know that this is two and a quarter because let's just double check ourselves that's four and a half right there so we know half is two and a quarter so I'll lay that here and I'm gonna use my spinning mat don't worry about lining up your project really on your spinning mat I'm lining up with my ruler I could make this cut like this that's fine I'm not lining up on this right now the ruler is king or queen right however you see it let's make the cut but one of the reasons I love the spinning mat is I don't have to now lift up the pieces and reorient them disturbing it right losing accuracy or be making it awkward or potentially unsafe cut I can just rotate my mat remembering that I'm going to line up that quarter inch line - line right along that seam and I'm gonna make my cut okay so let's just I deliberately made that wonky just to show you that I was not lining up I made it monkey on the mat just just to emphasize I'm not lining up on the mat the ruler is king all right so we've made that cut now as we pointed out here in the pattern the blocks that are outlined in the red with the red stroke are going to be flipped a hundred and eighty degrees that's the only rotation that's happening here so let's look and make sure that this is now our new site picture which it is alright so squares back together pressing seams as desired right sides together right sides together and we're going to go do that okay so I have to those three done and of course you're going to press and you know that's the pressing is always something that I kind of at times I know what to do it's obvious and other times I kind of see what seems natural now when I have this type of situation where half of it wants to go that way and half of it wants to go that way that tells me that probably the right answer is pressing seams open it seems like the even distribution of the bulk is going to have the best net results versus now trying to force a lot of bulk in one direction so there's times when we in our patterns are very specific of which direction to press because you'll end up with an interlocking scene which is desirable but there's other times where we say as desired because it's really up to you maybe habits from sewing you've developed a preference but when I see that you know as desired that's kind of my go-to of well how am I going to make that decision right we got to do something and when it's clear that there isn't a an obvious direction my default is open sometimes people like to when they're going to press the seam open short them stitch link a little bit so there's just a little more stitches happening to secure that I have seen that on some patterns some other companies and that you know that's a good idea too so that's something you might want to consider if you find yourself pressing seams open on a consistent basis is maybe shortening step that stitch length just to touch all right let's lay that back together make sure I've got that right and I am going again for the site picture so whenever I have this now this such a perfect project for a beginner because it starts off with basic five inch squares and a nine patch sewing them together with two cuts you know the horizontal the vertical and the horizontal and now we're just doing some simple piecing again so I just want to cover some of the basics so this may be old hat if you're an experienced quilter but if you're new because we want that point to come together I'm gonna but I'm gonna pin that first and of course we need to end we need to begin an end so I pin my most important location first which of course I want my points to come together I want my seams and and unions of four seams come together those junctures to be in the proper location so my points are pretty that's why I pin there first so if you've always just kind of pinned left to right I'd like to encourage you to maybe try this other type of pinning and give us some feedback see if you like that it may be something that takes a little bit of getting used to but in my old days I just pin left to right like I read all the time and then I realized sometimes my my points can't we're not right and that's when I started realizing you know what pin the most tender critical parts first and then work your way in between so let's go so that together standard quarter inch seam allowance of course and the foot I've got on the machine today is a 57 D so if you have a Bernina I just love that foot of course see if you're a quilter you've already got your favorite foot on your Bernina or whatever sewing machine you have you've got that favorite foot that gets that quarter inch for you sometimes I know people ask you know what's that presser foot you use today so it's a fifty seventy and we're sewing today we've got our Bernina seven seventy quilters edition and we feel just super fortunate you know I I want to let you know that it was only very recently that I was fortunate enough to be sewing on a Bernina so if that is if you're not sewing in a Brina you know what I made mostly quilt in my life not on our Bernina and the quilts came out okay so I never want you to feel like you have to have a machine of this caliber to be able to have good quilt blocks it's more about good habits good painting depressing good cutting but of course you know having a Bernina is an amazing blessing and someday you know if that is something that is in your future I just say I think it's so worth it now I'm reaching right now for a seam ripper and the reason I'm going to reach for a seam ripper you guys know me right I don't cut the film when I make mistakes unless literally something falls off the table then in the video room why I'm going to grab for this is this seems that we're underneath against the bottom I couldn't see them right well they rolled as I was sewing they rolled I don't like a rolled seem like that so what I'm going to do what what I do do in instances like this and what I could have done differently was add some pins from the top side and those areas that naturally have the tendency to roll like that and you don't want them to I could have pinned from the top here knowing that that was I could have pinned just a little bit better like offside to make sure that I didn't allow that to happen so there are some things you can do to try to help to mitigate that so you're not having to go back kind of after the fact like I'm doing right now in fact what I'm going to do I am going to go on this side I think that makes more sense because these are the ones that rolled right so let's go from this side this time what I will do instances like this if I know this is my spot I will just start here and end here rather than resole that whole seam I might just back tack just a little bit back stitch okay these are the types of things you know when I'm sewing on video in real time with you and I just want to always show you things that happen in real time in quilting so that a it happens to me - I am NOT an expert I am just an experienced quilter that is still trying to refine my skills just like you are and that way if that happens to you you realize it happens to kind of all of us and maybe an idea of how to handle that so that's why I kind of just let the camera roll and I keep a pretty good seam ripper or two on in my sewing room on a consistent basis because I use them so there's our point and because you know we took care to go back and make that little area our blocks gonna lie flatter again I'm gonna choose to go ahead and press that seam open now if you have difficulty getting a seam open this is another tool that this is an awesome tool not only does it help keep seams flat as you're coming into them which is this end of it I didn't use that for that purpose because I didn't need that one today on the top side this end is for really opening those seams it's kind of got a grippy it's it's it's very you can see it it kind of squishes down but it's a nice way to open the seam it just does an amazing job at that now you can have that if you're right-handed in your left hand kind of opening as you go see that how it can kind of just go ahead of you and it just kind of lays that open so that you follow right behind with the iron clover makes some of the most intelligent genuine problem-solving tools in the sewing industry today and I always appreciate that you know they they generally they truly solve problems with their their notions or make things more convenient or time-saving which are all things I'm after so let's go back we're on our wool pressing mat which I love that in the in the day when these first came out I was like well you're using Pro Bowl project you know what I use them for everything now I love how dense they are I can leave my iron there for a reasonable amount of time you know 30 seconds while I'm fiddling around with something and nothing's going to happen because this is so thick it's just awesome and I feel like my blocks lie flatter okay now look how nice and flat our block is let's go back let's see if we got that accomplished correctly now that's the block right there and you will make eight of those you will repeat the process with your other fabrics to make five of these blocks and seven of those moving on into the pattern that's where the 20 blocks come in is you'll just lay those blocks side-by-side see it's the exact same block a little bit of you know what you can do whatever you want as you can see we have the blocks in the same orientation fiddle around with that if you want to you could be twisting and turning those if you want if you want to have that larger block moving in that direction you it's your quilt do whatever you want but you'll display those blocks out as shown or as you prefer sewing those with a quarter inch seam allowance and again I would personally press everything open those seams for the same reason just equal distribution of bulk you'll cut your inner border putting your side borders on first I usually do that on every quote followed by your top inner borders followed by your side borders and then your top borders quilt it and bind that as usual so isn't that a fun and it looks it looks complicated I love the scrappy look this is perfect for a beginner so if you've got a friend that's like there's just no way I couldn't do it share this video with them I'd love to have more people just fall in love with just the wonderful world of quilting and you know what I think as quilters it's like we got to share the word right because I think people easily look at this and go I could never do that and you know what it's free to watch your videos so hopefully tag a friend to watch and see how easy that is and they can just join it on the fun leave us a comment we would love to hear from you and if you're going to be making a disappearing nine-patch in other fabrics send images to social media Morgan loves hearing from you we love seeing your projects so I'll see you on the next shabby fabrics tutorial [Music] you

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Published: Tue Feb 25 2020