I started a quilt a good many years ago but it hasn't been finished. I started it for a special friend who passed away and it has sat waiting to be finished for over 8 years now. I'm hoping this blog post will spur me into finishing it.
I started out by selecting a heap of blue fabrics - blue being my favorite color of course.
![blue fabrics ready to press and cut into strips](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/0253/2763/files/blue-fabrics.jpg)
a collection of blue fabrics
I didn't use a lot just a couple of 2.5" strips of each fabric
![2.5 inch strips cut ready to make nine-patch blocks](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/0253/2763/files/2point5inch-strips.jpg)
2.5" strips cut ready to sew
After the strips were all cut it was time to start piecing. I cut the strips in half and joined two together then pressed and cut those in half too. This way I could mix them all up but still keep sewing strips instead of squares. The result was pale blue nine-patches with background square alternating.
![scrappy nine-patches made in pale blue and white on white patches](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/0253/2763/files/9-patch-lights.jpg)
Pale blue nine-patches completed
I only needed nine of these blocks so I quickly moved on to the two-tone blue nine-patches. I did the same thing mixing up the fabrics. No block has the same fabric twice and they alternate between light and dark.
![nine-patches in blue](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/0253/2763/files/9-patch-blues.jpg)
Now working on two-tone blue nine-patches
I did well to make this many blocks in a day, but as always when having fun, the day runs out too soon so I still have a bunch of nine-patches to sew the last strip onto. That's for another day.
![nine patch blocks waiting for their last strip to be added](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0443/0253/2763/files/unfinished-9-patch.jpg)
Adding the last row of squares
What do you think so far? Any idea what I'm going to be making with all these nine-patches? Will I add some applique as I am so accustomed to do? Do you think I'll make more progress with this quilt now? Leave me a comment below and let me know.