You can sew the one of the oldest, sweetest quilt blocks around with my easy photo tutorial. The 9 Patch Block is a beloved favorite of quilters everywhere.
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make quick work of a whole bunch of nine patch blocks. I stitched up 16 in just a couple hours.
Choose up to 9 different fabrics and cut 9 strips the width of the fabric. My strips are 2 1/2” tall, so my block will be 6′ square finished.
If you want to make a 12’’ quilt block, sew together three 4 1/2’’ strips.
Arrange the strips into 3 sets of 3 strips each.
Hint: place the low value (light colored) strips next to high value (dark colored) strips whenever possible to create more contrast.
Set your stitch length to 1 1/2 to 2 so the stitches will be small.
Sew the strip sets together. Press all of the seams in the same direction.
Stack the three strip sets as neatly as possible and cut off the selvages on one end.
Then sub-cut strips that are as wide as the original strips were tall. Which means mine are 2 1/2” wide. Cut as many as you can. If you are working with 2 1/2” strips like me, you’ll be able to get 16. Which means you will make 16 blocks.
Sew each set of 3 sub-cut strips into a block.
Since you pressed all of the seams in one direction, you’ll be able to nest the seams instead of pinning and sew the blocks together quickly and accurately.
Here are the 16 little blocks I made in just a couple hours – and I was stopping to take pictures!
In thirty more minutes I had them sewn into a little tied blanket.
Sew an organizer covered with pockets that you can hang in your closet! This easy sewing project is great for organizing sewing and craft supplies, fashion accessories, bathroom necessities, gift wrappings, and more. There are pockets on both sides plus a big interior pocket so every bit of space is used. I’ll show you easy step by step instructions for sewing this organizer and putting it to use in your home. Get sew organized today.
Are you sewing a Closet Organizer with me? I hope so! This is Part 2 of our free sewing tutorial for an amazing organizer with a coat hanger inside so you can hang it anywhere.
If you are getting started, make sure you start at Part 1 of the free pattern.
Be a basketmaker! Sure, you can sew, but did you know that you can make amazing baskets too using your sewing machine, some fabric and the same materials that you use for your other projects?
Have you fallen in love with Quilt as You Go yet? It’s a fun technique for quilts, of course, but I’m having lots of fun using it for pouches and tote bags too.
I’m so excited to share with you the pattern for our first mini quilt of 2018… Flora! This beautiful little quilt was designed by the very talented Lauren of Molly & Mama…
At my daughter Chloe’s high school (can you believe my baby started high school???), the lunch lines are so long that she has been skipping lunch! She’s always starving by the time she gets home because she doesn’t want to carry a big lunch bag as well as her heavy backpack – poor girl!
Looking for free table runner patterns? I gathered up all my favorites in one place – here are free quilt patterns for table runners for fall, winter, spring and summer!
I am so in love with the beautiful look of simple patchwork quilts with lots of squares. This is the perfect way to use up fabric scraps like I did, or you can make a beautifully coordinated quilt with pre-cut 2 1/2’’ square fabric pieces that come in mini-charm packs.
I’m also in love with the process. If you feel like quilt making is your escape from the world and sitting down to sew for a few hours makes your troubles fade away… this is the quilt for you!
Sew an easy beautiful apron with this free sewing pattern that only uses one yard of fabric! Whether you are sewing for yourself or for a friend, an apron always comes in handy and makes a great gift. This blog post includes a link to a free template that I digitized for you.
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This is a story with a happy ending. A story of a blog reader reaching out and helping a blogger. And now that blogger wants to pay it forward and help you!
A few weeks ago I wrote about my new Juki 2010Q (that I LOVE) and in my review I only had a few very minor complaints. One of those was weird lighting. The led light on my sewing machine is very bright, but it is to the left of the needle, so it casts strange shadows like this:
Ever since I heard about it, I’ve been so excited to get my hands on Jennifer Heynen’s new book Sew Small: 19 little bags, and it’s finally here! Jennifer is the super adorable and talented artist otherwise known as Jennifer Jangles. If you stitched up our Mini Quilt of the Month last month then you already know this because she designed it. 🙂
Learn how to sew baby quilts with these free baby quilt patterns. There’s nothing like wrapping a baby with a hand made with love baby quilt. Here is a sweet collection of my very best free baby quilt patterns and tutorials to make a soft and snuggly quilt that your little one will treasure for years to come.
I’m so excited to announce the start of our next sewalong and the theme… crazy quilt blocks! Once again, you’ll be able to stretch your creativity to the limits because we want you to use one or more crazy quilt…
Have you ever wondered what shortcuts the quilting pros use to crank out hundreds of quilts a year? Okay, maybe not hundreds, but they do seem to make a lot, don’t they? Well today I’m so excited to share with you a book full of fast-quilting tricks to get the job done. And it’s written by one of my favorite bloggers… Amy Smart! She blogs over at Diary of A Quilter and I’ve featured several of her tutorials over on the front page of SewCanShe.
I’ve said it before, but I really believe that Christmas in July was invented by sewists & quiltmakers because now is when we start our holiday projects! Otherwise they would never be done in time, lol.
YAY our next block is finally here!! Thank you
Lovely fabrics…
that cat fabric in your bundle is extra cute.
cute cat fabric
Cute fabric, great sewing tip, and beautiful model! Thanks for the quick quilt idea!
HI, a really sweet quilt!
Thanks for sharing!
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You are amazing. Thanks for the inspiration.