I’m back today to finish my nine-patch square project. Boy, if it takes other people three days to make one quilt patch, there would be far fewer quilts in the world. Anyway, I’m over it now. After considering touching up the ruined pink swatch, I decided it would be far faster just to start over. Unfortunately, I was almost out of pink paint. Here is the replacement swatch in the drying phase:
Did I say that I am a novice quilt maker? It is still true. I discovered Soooo many You Tube videos on making the nine-patch square. My favorite is by OurHalfAcreHomestead. Here she is, explaining everything very clearly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMDE0I7ABzc.
So off I go! Cutting, stitching, ripping out because I sewed the wrong sides together, stitching again and pressing.
Finally I have ONE nine-patch square. To take advantage of the scale of the printed fabric, I used a 3 1/2 inch measurement for the pieces.
Today’s lesson is to plan the size of my initial fabric pieces so that they match with the necessary lengths and widths of the square’s requirements. My You-Tube coach would probably tsk, tsk, at my wastefulness. But I expect that my mom will be proud.
Daily Fiber 
Your Mom is proud of your first nine patch square. You better be careful quilting is addicting. You will want to make as many nine patch squares as you can and then want to try another block such as the Ohio Star or the Friendship star. I will give you a quilt book when you get here so you can see how other blocks are sewn. I have a Laura drawer in the guest room for you to root around and try different things.
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Lovely color and quilt beginning!
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Thank you. The jury is out on whether it will become a quilt. I might use it in making a small bag.
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A bag would be a great idea!
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