Is there anything you can do with a basic 9 patch besides make it a disappearing 9 patch?

There are many quilt patterns that "start" with a 9 patch. One of my favorites is 6" 9 patch blocks with a triple sashing (3 one inch strips) and a small 3" 9 patch for cornerstones. I've made this in scrappy purples, scrappy teals and I'm making another in scrappy greens. It's a good way to use up my scrap squares and strips! Also, 9-patch blocks look great alternated with other blocks, either a square cut from one fabric or another pieced block like a star block or something.

Pair the block with a snowball block and you have a great easy quilt.

You can pair them with rail fence too. Makes a woven look.

Irish chains start out with a 9 patch :D:D:D

The Twist and Turn Disappearing 9 patch (Tutorial in the Tute section) is flippin' cool

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take a look
mema

try putting the nine patch on point and see if it doesn't turn a plain block into an intriguing puzzle! <wave>

Cut the nine patch on the diagonal and mix them up.

I made a 9 patch with sashing as a sudoku quilt once for a friend who is into those puzzles - didn't tell her what it was but hid the word 'sudoku' in the quilting. She finally worked it out after lots of hints from me! LOL

Here's the link if you want to see http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-27464-1.htm

I went to look at the quilt and I think you must like Soduko also, because a casual glance seemed to show a different place for each block .. which was no easy feat, considering, you couldn't just strip piece it .... GOOD JOB! <wave>
Nine patches are really limited by imagination or knowledge - - for example: There are no rules that say a 9-patch has to be divided equally in all nine segments (which is where churn dash or barn door come from) ... nor, is there a rule that says throughout the whole quilt every nine patch has to be the same color way ... nor does the simple 9-patch mean that you can't put nine 9-patches together to create a new nine patch ...
the premise to your question is quite a challenge as I get to thinking on it <wave>

Yes Omak, each fabric has it's own place in each block, column and row. My DH does sudoku and I took one of his completed grids and asigned each fabric a number then worked from that. Not difficult really, just a matter of keeping track of the numbered squares!

And yes, I love those 9 patches made into 9 patches that you describe - I'll have to make one of those someday! wave back!

OR! How about a nine patch that has a themed fabric at the 12, 3, 6, 9 postitions with a nine patch in the corners and center?
I have to admit that I never considered the nine patch all that challenging, but now that I am thinking on it <g> okay, we now know I have crossed over to the obsessive part of the brain ... I had best get back to work!<wave>

Oh the possibilities, now Omak is on the case! LOL Go work before you add oodles of stuff to my bucket list!