Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
What am I missing?? I don't see anything but 9 patches that are set on point. You will have what are called setting triangles around the edges of the quilt. Have you done applique before??
Actually that is not the instructions. The dark nine patches are enlarged by sewing to each side of the nine patch a unit consisting of square piece in the center with a triangle cut from a square (diagonally in half) on each side with a another triangle (this triangle is from a square cut diagonally twice.) sewed to the bottom of the square. This makes a square block when these units are sewed on all four sides of the dark nine patch. Then you make criss cross blocks, side blocks and corner blocks. This requires sewing small pieces, lots of them that are 2 3/8" squares and triangles, some cut two from the 2 3/8" squares and some 4 cut from the 2 3/8" squares. Then these blocks are sewn in horizontal (not diagonal) strips. To me they have made it more complicated than it needs to be and too many little pieces to cut, handle and sew. That's why I am exploring an easier way and hoped someone had made this quilt.