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How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

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How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

There’s more to a 9-patch block than meets the eye! Many creative quilt or craft projects start with 9-patch blocks. I’ll show you how to change-up the strip sizes, fabrics, or block layout to expand your quilting options. Change-Up Patchwork is the name of my newest Sewing With Nancy three-part TV series. Watch online to see all the details.

The basic 9-patch quilt block can easily be made with two fabrics and two different fabric stratas—sew strips together, subcut into sections, then sew into a block. Watch the process online at your convenience and find all the instructions in my book, Change-Up PatchworkAfter learning the basics, let your creativity flow!

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

Vintage 9-Patch

My first variation is a vintage-look table quilt. In the 1800s, quilters painstakingly cut small fabric squares from fabric scraps, then hand-pieced 9-patch designs. I’ll show you how to achieve this vintage look with ease, incorporating clever strip cutting techniques.

  • Create the first strata unit: dark—light—dark fabric strips. Notice that partial lengths of crosswise strips are “kissed” together on each side of the middle strips. That’s the magic! Watch online or read the book to learn the math (for the strip lengths) that allows this process to work.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

  • Stitch a second strata unit: light—dark—light fabric strips. Again, use partial strip lengths.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

  • Subcut the stratas into sections. The specific strip size that I recommend makes for almost no waste of fabric while giving the vintage, scrappy effect.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

  • Stitch the sections together; presto! The finished quilt was created by alternating the 9-patch blocks with cream-colored fabric squares of the same size.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

 

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

Camouflaged 9-Patch

At first glance, you might think this quilt design is a combination of several different blocks designs—perhaps a 4-patch paired with squares and rectangles. As you’ll soon learn, it’s a 9-patch—a camouflaged 9-patch block. The large 12″ finished block sizes are a speedy way to create a baby’s tummy-time quilt.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

I’ll show you how to create two strata configurations. The strip sizes are the same in each strata with the fabric colors reversed.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy
How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With NancyI find it fascinating how two fabrics can be used to create asymmetrical 9-patch blocks.How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

7-Patch Weave

There aren’t too many hard-fast rules when it comes to patchwork, which is why I chose to break with tradition. Case in point: Must the 9-patch block always have nine pieces? That may seem like a ridiculous question, yet take away part of the block and substitute a strip of fabric—presto a 7-patch block. With a clever layout the blocks intertwine, which gives the illusion of them being woven together. I call it the 7-Patch Weave.

How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

You’ll notice that these blocks have some of the components of a 9-patch. The middle section—a strip of fabric—creates an easy-to-piece block with unique design possibilities.How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With NancyWith a layout that alternates blocks and directions of the blocks, a woven design appears. Watch me lay out the blocks online, during the third episode of Change -Up Patchwork.How to make a 9-patch quilt block, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

Book Features Nine Great Quilts

Find these easy 4-patch quilts, and six additional quilts, in the new Change-Up Patchwork Book and DVD or in the Change-Up Patchwork Starter Set.

How to Sew Easy Four-Patch Quits by Nancy Zieman on the TV Show Sewing With Nancy TV Show

Watch the Three-part series of Change-Up Patchwork on Sewing With Nancy online.

  1. Episode one features the versatility of a 4-patch block.
  2. The star of episode two is the square-within-a-square quilt block.
  3. The third episode features the basics for stitching the traditional 9-patch block.

Nancy’s Notions is giving away one copy of the new book, Change-Up Patchwork. Leave a comment below to enter the giveaway, telling us which of these designs you’d like to make.

How to Sew Easy Four-Patch Quits by Nancy Zieman on the TV Show Sewing With Nancy TV Show

Nancy Zieman's Giveaway Winner

The randomly selected winner of a bundle of six patriotic fat quarters is Rosalind Gutierrez.

Her comment was, “I have done 3 Quilts of Valor and I love patriotic colors and designs.”

Sew for Quilts of Valor | Nancy Zieman | Sewing With Nancy

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  • annie johnson
    July 6, 2017

    The 7 Patch Weave will be the one I’ll try.

  • Marsha Dimond
    July 6, 2017

    I love designs that look difficult but are very easy to put together. I would make the woven design.

  • Jean
    July 6, 2017

    I’ll be using the tip to make scrappy nine patches.

  • Helen Owen
    July 6, 2017

    Love these ideas!

  • Dawn
    July 6, 2017

    I really like the Camouflaged 9 Patch!

  • Shirley Bost
    July 6, 2017

    I want to make a seven patch weave!

  • Carol Garner
    July 6, 2017

    Love the basket weave idea. Would like the book to further explain how to construct the quilt.

  • Joy
    July 6, 2017

    9 patch is so versatile! Love the woven version.

  • Doris Pedersen
    July 6, 2017

    I would love to try the Vintage 9 Patch, but I also like the Camouflaged 9 Patch. And the 7 Patch Weave is also one that I would like to try.

  • Roxanna Owen--QuiddityRox
    July 6, 2017

    I’d like to make the woven patchwork, using my florals.

  • Karen F. Suemnick
    July 6, 2017

    Hi Nancy, I absolutely love these ideas as vintage fabric is one of my favorites and what an easy way to cut and sew that you have shown….Karen

  • carolyn montgomery
    July 6, 2017

    i would like to make the Camouflaged 9-Patch using batiks.

  • Clovis
    July 6, 2017

    Because the colors you use, the 7 Patch Weave would be good to try. A lot of good color combinations to try. Thanks for the chance to win.

  • Glynn Martin
    July 6, 2017

    I’d love to try my hand at doing several of these quilts so I can use up some of my “stash” and buy some more new fabric!

  • Judy H Wubbena
    July 6, 2017

    WOW! the 7-Patch really intrigues me. “Ribbons” on a quilt look so difficult, but NOT.

  • Elaine Armstrong
    July 6, 2017

    I’d love to make several of these quilts beginning with the traditional nine patch. Thanks for the great giveaway.

  • Shaela
    July 6, 2017

    I’d like to make the Camouflaged 9 patch

  • Jean Beinemann
    July 6, 2017

    The 7 patch weave looks like a pattern that I must use to make an ever so small dent to my stash! Love it!

  • Carol Netzler
    July 6, 2017

    I love the change up. I recently made a quilt that has the weave effect. It looks difficult, but is done in strips.

  • CAROL L
    July 6, 2017

    The Camouflaged 9 Patch! I have the perfect batiks to try out. Thank you for these beautiful designs!

  • Jean Walters
    July 6, 2017

    I Love the Camouflage Nine Patch! I really enjoy learning something new and sense I started quilting I am striving to learn as much as I can. Challenging myself with new patterns increases my self confidence.

  • Dorothy Martin
    July 6, 2017

    It is wonderful to see the ‘new’ nine/seven patch quilt in all its glory. Thank you Nancy. They are delightful.

  • Chris
    July 6, 2017

    I want to make them all but would start with the 7 patch weave.

  • Jean Walters
    July 6, 2017

    I really Love the Camouflage Nine Patch. Sense I started quilting I’m always striving to learn new techniques and patterns. Doing so builds my self confidence. Thanks !

  • Antje
    July 6, 2017

    I really like the woven design! It looks so great.

  • Cindy Leland
    July 6, 2017

    I would like to try them all.

  • Margaret Morton
    July 6, 2017

    I’d like to make the camouflaged 9patch as a verteran’s quilt for our guild.

  • Michele
    July 6, 2017

    I want to make the 7-patch weave. I have been admiring woven patterns for awhile, and I really like the simplicity of this one.

  • Laura
    July 6, 2017

    Love the 7 patch weave. I love the simplicity of the design and can imagine it done in many fabrics, solids, prints or a mix.

  • Marie Paxson
    July 6, 2017

    I will definitely be doing the woven one! Thank you for the easy way to do it.

  • Margaret Scott
    July 6, 2017

    I can’t decide which I like better the camouflaged 9 patch or the 7 patch weave.

  • Lynn
    July 6, 2017

    The 7 patch weave looks very interesting.

  • Heidi
    July 6, 2017

    The 7 patch weave has great pop…and the sample squares don’t look they are the right size to form the design, so magic must be involved! I want to learn the magic.

  • Marie Kozma
    July 6, 2017

    I’m a scrap quilt lover and my favorite of the 9-patch and variations is the Vintage 9-Patch. I pre-cut my left-overs into 2 1/2″ squares, 2 1/2″ strips, and 2″ strips and store them in containers as “collections”, always having them at the ready for piecing. They make lively and colorful quilts. Cool!

  • Mary Beth
    July 6, 2017

    Very informative video. I would like to make the Camouflaged Nine Patch. I think the use of batik fabric really looks nice with this nine patch configuration.

  • Linda E in AZ
    July 6, 2017

    The 7-patch weave looks like great fun!
    thanks!

  • Margaret C.
    July 6, 2017

    When baking pies I love to make a lattice crust. It should come as no surprise that I love the 7 Patch Weave. Thx.

  • Pat in WNY
    July 6, 2017

    I love the versatility of 9-patch construction, and I’d definitely try that 7-patch weave soon. Looking forward to seeing these episodes.

  • Anita Phelps
    July 6, 2017

    I think the 7-Patch Weave pattern would be fun to do in a baby quilt. I see future projects for future grandbabies!

  • Linda
    July 6, 2017

    Oh the weave is something I’ve never done! I’d love to try this one!

  • Pat Stolz
    July 6, 2017

    I love the vintage 9-patch and have been looking for a pattern to use for a quilt for a nephew who lost his home to a house fire in Feb. He likes bright colours and patterns so this will be perfect. Thank you, Nancy.

  • Pat
    July 6, 2017

    I would definitely make the 7 patch weave as my first project. The woven strip illusion looks so tricky but the technique used make the process sound and look simple. Always a great plus for those of us with more projects we want to make than time. Thanks for the great ideas!

  • Jeanette withrow
    July 6, 2017

    I like the 7 patch weave and the nine patch. I like them. There’s a lot of negative space to show off your quilting

  • Susan Spiers
    July 6, 2017

    The 7-Patch Weave to start! Love the idea & variations that could be achieved! Thank you, Susan

  • Susan Nicol
    July 6, 2017

    I have always been intrigued by the weave patterns, so definitely the 7 patch weave pattern.

  • Mari-ann Miller
    July 6, 2017

    I love 9 patch quilts….so many possibilities! The 7-patch weave is stunning, especially in the pink/green color combo! Will have to try this one soon!

  • Patricia
    July 6, 2017

    I just saw this episode recently (I think it was middle of June) on a TV station our local cable carries. I started using scraps and strips in my stash right away to make the strata. This is fun and so fast! Thank you for a great way to make strata strips quickly for the vintage 9 patch. I am doing one strata mixing lots of colors with a real scrappy look and coordinating scraps and colors for another strata with a less scrappy look. I am having so much fun with this. These all look fantastic.

  • Donna
    July 6, 2017

    Oh how I like them all, vintage first, then the blue one and I have also been planning to make a woven quilt. Yeah your book has them all. Thanks for wonderful giveaway.

  • Kathy R Hartwell
    July 6, 2017

    I like them all, but would try the weave first. Thank you.

  • Cindy Kasten
    July 6, 2017

    I would like to try the 7 Patch Weave.

  • Florence Dupuis
    July 6, 2017

    I like the 7 patch weave. Looks like a easy and fast quilt.

  • Nancy
    July 6, 2017

    I love the Vintage 9 Patch. Reminds me of olden times.

  • Jan N.
    July 6, 2017

    I’d love to make the 7-Patch Weave quilt. I saw this pattern on a quilt before, but never could figure out how to do it. Thank you for the tutorial and for a chance to win Changeup Patchwork.

  • BETTY JOHNSON
    July 6, 2017

    Love them all- – – the 9 patch is my favorite block & now to see so many ways to use it, i can hardly wait to get started….

  • Linda
    July 6, 2017

    I like some modern patterns. I love 1930’s. I will be making the Vintage 9-patch.

  • Anne Z.
    July 6, 2017

    I love the 7 patch weave. It looks like a challenging pattern, but you have designed it in a very doable manner. Thanks for all the inspiration.

  • beth d.
    July 6, 2017

    I would do the camouflaged two patch quilt design. I can use my stash of fabrics for it.

  • Louise knox
    July 6, 2017

    I would like to do the 7 patch weave as a quilt of valor for my retired army husband as a surprise! He finally saw a pattern he Liked! Thank you Nancy for all the inspiration!

  • Louise knox
    July 6, 2017

    I would live to do the 7 patch weave as a quilt of Valor! My retired army husband finally saw a pattern he really liked!

  • Julie
    July 6, 2017

    The 7 Patch Weave inspires me to try embellishing it to resemble a giant Needlework Project! I can’t wait to see how it turns out!

  • Linda
    July 6, 2017

    Love the 9-patch. Thank you for a chance to win!

  • Rhonda Maxfield
    July 6, 2017

    Want to try the camaflaged one first. Would love to win this. Thxs Nancy.

  • Terry Simmons
    July 6, 2017

    I want to make a traditional 9 patch. Still new to quilting but I’m very excited about creating a quilt!

  • Linda
    July 6, 2017

    I want to make all of them but would probably start with the first one to use up some stash

  • Ann Scott
    July 6, 2017

    Your Change Up Patchwork ideas really have sparked some creative juices in me! Great series, I’d enjoy the book too!

  • Gail Beam
    July 6, 2017

    The Camouflaged 9 Patch looks like the easiest for a beginner quilter like myself.
    Thanks for the chance to win this special quilt book.

  • Barbara Perea
    July 6, 2017

    The Vintage Nine-Patch keeps calling to me…

  • Nancy Taylor
    July 6, 2017

    I just ordered your Cabin Fever and would love to add to my stash.
    Thanks,
    Nancy Taylor

  • Linda Rupe
    July 6, 2017

    The Seven Patch Weave! I love those clean lines.

  • Ilana
    July 6, 2017

    I’d make the 7 patch weave. It’s fabulous!

  • Linda Mattson
    July 6, 2017

    I would like to try the camouflaged 9 patch. It looks like it would be fun to make.

    Thank you.

    Linda

  • judy
    July 6, 2017

    I’d love to try the woven 7-patch pattern.
    Forty-five years ago, i made a stack of the tradional 9-patch blocks for quilts for my two daughters. Back then we never bought new fabric for quilts. My patches were cut by hand from the left overs from the clothes I had made for the family. They were in bunk beds at the time, now they have king size beds and grandchildren (6). Think I should dig them out and finish as lap quilts. Thanks for your inspiration.

  • Dorothy V
    July 6, 2017

    I love all of them!! I would first make the Camouflaged 9-Patch. SOOOO FUUUNNNN!!! THanks Nancy!!!

  • Edna Marks
    July 6, 2017

    The vintage 9 patch, I love scrappy quilts.

  • Starla
    July 6, 2017

    I love the woven seven-piece “nine-patch”!

  • Mary Green
    July 6, 2017

    I will definitely be making the Vintage Nine-Patch because I have a humongous stash from 50-plus years of sewing and crafting.

  • Martie in CA
    July 6, 2017

    These techniques are a mind blower for me. I never imagined that they could have so many variations!!!

  • Karen LaMuro
    July 6, 2017

    As usual, Nancy, you put together great fabrics, interesting color combinations and traditional quilt patterns with streamlined techniques and create magic! I am going to try the nine patch using the batiks! Loved how the violet fabric made the mixed pink fabric vibrate!

  • Peggy
    July 6, 2017

    My favorite’s are the camouflage asymmetrical 9-patch and the 7-patch weave. I am new to quilting and would love the book to help me learn more. Thank you, Nancy, for all the wonderful information.

  • Michelle Hall
    July 7, 2017

    I like the scrappy look of the Vintage 9 patch

  • Linnie Middleton
    July 7, 2017

    I must say the 9-Patch Camouflaged intrigues me very much.

  • Mary Wippold
    July 7, 2017

    I like the 7-Patch Weave. It’s different than a traditional 9 patch and simple yet beautiful.

  • Judy G
    July 7, 2017

    I like the Camouflaged 9-Patch Quilt. Very pretty and looks like it would be quick to make.

  • Susan Guderjohn
    July 7, 2017

    Yes! YES!! YEEEEESSSSS!!! 3 x 3 is a favorite combo, so that nine-patch vintage-look pattern would be my jump-to-it project to make use of some orphaned scraps. Thanks for the awesome posts! Fondly, SueG

  • Treva Campbell
    July 7, 2017

    I love to quilt. I always have a quilt in mind to do next and can’t wait to finish the one I’m making. I would love to make all of these.

  • Linda
    July 7, 2017

    They are all beautiful – I especially like the 7-patch Weave. These are a great way to use up stash for donated quilts.

  • Julie Kill
    July 7, 2017

    I would love to win this book! I’m at a stage where I need some new refreshing ideas that are easy to make. I would start with the 7 patch weave. It’s looks new and exciting.

  • Cecilia Huether
    July 7, 2017

    I love traditional quilts, so the nine patch is my favorite, but like how to change the nine patch too. And using our scraps, is a favorite thing for me to do. Love your​ show and have watched more than 20 some year’s. Always an inspiration to me. Thank you, Cecilia.

  • Marsha
    July 7, 2017

    The vintage 9 patch reminds me of a quilt my grandma made back in the 50’s. She used old shirts for the material and all hand quilted. I was lucky enough to inherit it. I would like to try my hand at making one.

  • L Watson
    July 7, 2017

    The 7-patch weave is fantastic. I love the colors featured also, it looks like a lot of fun to create. Thanks for the opportunity to win the book!

  • Jennifer Reinke
    July 8, 2017

    What a great take on such a simple design! I love the Camouflaged 9 patch! Again thank you for these great ideas and giving us the means to “spring-board” from one pattern. The possibilities are boundless!

  • Linda Buzz
    July 8, 2017

    The nine-patch was my intro to quilting, so a fave. I like them all, but may try the 7-patch weave first.

  • Marsha Chibitty
    July 8, 2017

    I would like to try the classic 9 patch.

  • Marty
    July 8, 2017

    I’d like to try 7-Patch Weave in “masculine” hues.

  • Melody Hill
    July 9, 2017

    The Contemporary 9 Patch block quilt is exactly what I need to assemble my nieces Batick fabric blocks signed by all her wedding guests.

  • Joan Palmer
    July 10, 2017

    Just finished the “ribbon” part of a ribbon quilt. Wish I had known about your 7-patch weave before I started. Can’t wait to make another one the easy way!

  • Doreen Linehan
    July 10, 2017

    I think the 7 patch weave quilt looks very interesting.

  • Donna Fecteau
    July 12, 2017

    Wow! It’s a toss up for my favorite. I like the 7 patch weave and the 9 patch asymmetrical too. My bucket list of quilts to try is growing.

  • ella ruth
    July 15, 2017

    I like the 7 patch weave. It really looks like it’s woven. It seems like the colors make it pop. Thank you Nancy for sharing your work with us and making things so simple to do : )

  • Pole Ulanes
    July 21, 2017

    Amazing!

  • Rhonda hellner
    July 22, 2017

    I have not gotten nto quilting but love watching how it is done and how easy Nancy makes it look. Recently I started my granddaughters (age 12 and 10) sewing a small doll blanket quilt and have used some of the technigues to keep them excited about straight line sewing

  • Rhonda hellner
    July 22, 2017

    I have not gotten into quilting but love watching how it is done and how easy Nancy makes it look. Recently I started my granddaughters (age 12 and 10) sewing a small doll blanket quilt and have used some of the technigues to keep them excited about straight line sewing

  • leder-furniture
    December 17, 2017

    I’ll show you the basics, plus methods for speeding up the process while making perfect nine-patch blocks that you can turn into beautiful quilt.

  • Shirley
    August 22, 2018

    I want to try the seven patch weave first! All of these would lend itself to using up some of my scraps and stash! Would make some cool charity quilts!

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