I am making my first Disappearing Nine-Patch quilt and I am requesting your opinion on the block placement. I have taken 3 pictures of different placement and am still not sure about what I have ended up with. Your opinions would be appreciated.
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I am making my first Disappearing Nine-Patch quilt and I am requesting your opinion on the block placement. I have taken 3 pictures of different placement and am still not sure about what I have ended up with. Your opinions would be appreciated.
Have you looked on Google?? Many different interesting placements quilts there:
https://www.google.com/search?q=D9P+...w=1024&bih=622
I would do the placement so that the black prints are the sashing and the red squares be the small accent squares and the grays be the large square.
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I'm only seeing one photo.
I think that is a block that works better when at least three different fabrics are used in the 9-patch - fabric A for the center, fabric B for the outside corners, and fabric C for the middle side squares.
If you would decide to try using different fabric combinations, undoing that is not a major disaster - it's a good "in front of the TV" project.
I like most of the fabrics that you used - except the dark gray one - 4th in second row, 2nd in third row, second in fourth row, and 2nd in 5th row. The reason I'm not fond of that one is because - on my screen - it looks dirty/dingy compared to the other prints.
Last edited by bearisgray; 09-30-2015 at 08:18 AM.
If the fabrics were already chosen then I would not change them as the quilter obviously like the colors. Perhaps a variation of placement may be a choice but for me a DNP has so many nice variations. I use charm pack w/lots of colors but from the same design collection. I like the grey and red colors.Originally Posted by bearisgray
The variations of black,gray,white and red you are using make for a very attractive quilt! I looked at the Google link provided in Reply#2.....oh my, what fun it is to see different arrangements. Consider having the red touch each other in pairs and see what happens! You will have a stunning quilt once you decide on the layout. Enjoy!
This is only a runner, but I like this layout for the D9P.
There are many images on Google. I did mine so that 2 of the small squares meet diagonally in the center and the other two are in the "far" corners. If you number the 1/4 blocks from top left to bottom right, 1,2,3,4 then #1 has the small square at its top left. #2 has its small square at its bottom left. #3 the small corner is on its top right and #4 its on its bottom right. But that's just me. so many other layouts!
Oh good! While I was typing this lengthy description, "ekuw" posted a picture of what I meant!
http://s1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh485/KitsieH/
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Pretty black and white with a splash of red blocks! I like how you have them arranged.
Your arrangement looks pretty. I also went with the more common layout as above
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