Anyone recognize this pattern?
 

Hi! I found this on my quilt guild website and just love this pattern. Can anyone tell me what it is? I'd love to make this one. I've been collecting 30's fabrics and this fits the bill!

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looks like a nine patch alternating with a snowball block

Agree with sewingladydi, It's a Nine Patch Snowball.

I agree with the other two ladies and it IS very beautiful.

Here are your two blocks in this quilt.

Jan in VA

Thank you for the help everyone! I'm thrilled to find out 2 simple blocks make up this quilt. I have all my 30's fabrics in mind to make this one.

SuperJan strikes again! lol!

What a cool quilt and very simple components. Thanks to Jan in VA for the detail of the quilt. Well done!
peace

Peggi, you silly girl!! Quit that!:o:p

Jan in VA

:shock: HI new to this Site I joined in Aug. this year, Have posted , ansewered some questions ASK some questions Tried to join GROUPS . Love that quilt and so much agree with Jan in Va. Hope to hear from some fellow QUILTERS

hee hee! :D

Jan, on the nine patch, aren't the colors in the center and corners?

Ditto with Peggy u r SUPERJAN :D

Why, silly me! You Eagle Eye, indeed they are....HEADS UP everybody,the 9-patch blocks should have the colors in the center and corners, NOT as I previously drew them.

That THUD you heard was me falling off that pedestal - told you not to put me up there!:rolleyes:

Jan in VA

Utube by Missorie quilt shop. Help. Not American been up nearly all night those brilliant out there will know who I mean
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The name I have seen for this combination is Stepping Stones. BTW, it looks entirely different if the 9 patch is fully colored.

Nine patches can and do have all sorts of color layouts.

I'm piecing blocks right now for two twin bed quilts in this pattern. My dd wants all pastels, with cream and beige background pieces (not white). I'm including some 1930's reproduction fabrics, and some actual 1930's fabrics, plus fabrics from my stash.

That is a very beautiful quilt. Thanks "Jan in VA" (lol) couldn't resist. Now can you give the sizes of the blocks.
thanks
Pat

Would anybody be so generous and tell me the sizes of these blocks? I know the snowball block is a square with the smaller square pieces sewed on top, but I need to know the sizes of ALL the blocks. I just that kind of quilting lady. Thanks for your help out there in quilting land! ~~Ann~~

yes, snowball nine patch, if you want to see it in batiks check out quilterscache.com, the effect is stunning.

I too would like the block sizes. Thanks.

I agree.....New at quilting and stared at the pic and could not figure it out. The diagrams really help. Will bookmark..:eek:

Jan you did it again. You made a complicated looking quilt look simple with 2 easy blocks!

I too saw this quilt on a shophop web site and agree it would be lovely in 30's prints. Even thought about doing that too. Think I will check out the batik one on quilter's cache too. Love it when two simple blocks can make such a stunning quilt don't you?

thanks Jan, I was sitting here staring at the pic and was drawing a blank. not new for me. just saying. heehee

You can make the blocks any size you wish. The nine patches I am making are made with 2" strips sewn together into strips sets of 3 fabrics each. The blocks finish at 5" square before they are joined to each other. The snowball blocks I am making also end up 5" square before they are joined to each other (of course---they have to be the same size as the nine patches). Those are made with a 5" square of colored fabric and four 2.5" squares, one for each corner (sew just outside a drawn diagonal line, corner to corner, and then trim out the middle layer or both bottom layers on the outside corners, whatever is your preference.) Now when you make the four squares for the Snowball corners that large, you don't have to match points when the squares are sewn to the nine patches, which makes the quilt very easy to construct. This slightly changes the appearance of the finished pattern. Hth. It's a very pretty pattern.

Okay, Ladies, here are the notes for your cut sizes to make a 6" finished block for this quilt.
(To make a 9" finished block, use 3.5" cuts for small squares and 9.5" cuts for the large snowball squares.)

Note that along the edges of the quilt in the picture (page 1 of this topic), she has used partial blocks to create her look. You can do that with these same measurements, or just start and end your rows of blocks with a 9-patch, which is probably how I'd lazily do it.
The border is a "piano key" effect using the strips from which she made her 9-patches.

(Super)Jan in VA:p:D

[You can enlarge the print of this post by pressing the "ctrl" key and rolling your mouse wheel over the print. Do the same to return it to normal size. I'm sorry I made it so small for our (mostly) older eyes!)

So simple and yet it looks so complex. Want to leave each of the grandchildren a "wedding" quilt and this may just be the one. Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, Jan. I love you too. You always have good stuff to share!!! ;-)

Quilt pattern variation
 

Yep, nine patch/snowball quilt variation. I used one snowball block as the center of an Irish Chain quilt...and the center background was muslin with a photo printed on it.

Very interesting quilt. From a distance it tooks like many pieces of wrapped candy. I had to print out a portion of the quilt to actually see the snowball and the nine patch. Looks fast, easy and fun!

Check this one out made from men's plaid shirts. This is the one I want to make from my plaid collection.

http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.co...e-thrifty.html

Actually Jan, you DID color it correctly. If you substitute cream muslim color for the BROWN in your photo, you'll see you're right. The orange color would be the 30s fabrics... see? You're right after all! Now climb right back up there!

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Very pretty. Thanks, Jan. I would never have guessed that this was made from 2 simple blocks.

Color values are key to the success of this pattern. This is the time to use your very lightest (white, ivory, etc.) with your darkest prints and/or solids. But maybe that's just me....

Uhhhhh, my knees hurt, don't think I can make the climb. Thanks anyway! <giggle>;)

Jan in VA

The snowball block and the other are, of course, the same size. 9" (finished size) works fairly well. Any multiple of 3 is fine for the basic blocks. When I drew this up, I intentionally used a reversed color layout. I like to emphasize that color makes a huge difference in how we see patterns. Sorry that I did not say that. Snowball blocks, traditionally are white or very light in the center. When this is called stepping stones, the center is often the darker fabric. I have also seen this pattern with a basic color for the 'snowball' and everything else looking scrappy.