I've not made the disappearing 4 patch, but have done the D9p. It was the first quilt I ever made. Because of all the errors in cutting and sewing I made, I couldn't use the layout I preferred. So I made it again using 5" squares. Instead of making the 9 patch and cutting it up, I made a made the same quilt with strips. It was easier.....way easier. Maybe that was just because I had more experience, though. I agree with QuiltE, the D9p is too fussy.
I can't find the photos, but I just made a 5" strip of white with a blue 21/2 inch strip attached. I cut it to the size I would have had if I had cut up the 9 patch and attached it to each square. It went together really fast and wasn't as fiddly.
I made a quilt for project linus this week, except for an older boy. It was from the 3 yard quilts book, "
Quick as a Wink". It's called Roman Holiday. It used a 9 1/2 inch block as the focus fabric, which would be perfect for a Seuss print. I had some cowboy boot fabric and it worked perfectly. I think I'll use the remainder the that fabric and duplicate the one I made. I made some rookie mistakes, as I haven't made a quilt since last year. So the next one will go faster. I might use 4 rows instead of 6 for a baby quilt.
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This is the second "D9P" I made suing the strip instead of traditional D9P . It was an I Spy for my grand nephew.
Edit: I found the photos of how I did the strip. I cut a 5X21/2 strip of white, cut it into 2 1/2 inch strips, and attached it to one side of the charm. I made a strip of 5" white, and attached a 21/2 inch Blue strip to it and cut in 21/2 inch lengths and attached to the other side. I went very quickly for me compared to cutting up all those 9 patches.