Disappearing 9 Patch Lap quilt
 

I am a new quilter just finishing a class making a Christmas Sampler Quilt. Each week I take my completed blocks to a nursing home to show my 93 year old 4-H advisor from 56 years ago. She is so thrilled, and I would like to make a lap quilt for her. I have looked at the Disappearing 9 Patch but I cannot find dimensions of blocks and how many blocks to make a lap quilt. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. This will be a gift of total love!

This is such a sweet story about your 4-H advisor, still mentoring you!! :)

D9Ps can be made any size you want. Likewise lap quilt sizes vary considerably!

Consider the fabrics you want to use, to determine how big you want the squares to be.
Remember, that the centre one gets cut into four, so ends up considerably smaller.
(plus there is the seam allowance factor to remember!)

Many use 5" squares, but I found them too big for the fabrics I had and the look I wanted.
I downsized the individual squares and made a few sample blocks, trying different sizes.
Eventually I found what worked for the look I wanted.

Then, measure your D9P block, and calculate how many you need for your lap quilt.

Good Luck!

That is one of the easiest quilts to make. There is a tutorial on MSQC for it, but basically you just make a nine patch using 5” squares the ones you don’t want cut put on the four corners because you will cut in half on the middle row. Both straight up and down and also side ways. It will make more sense if you watch the video on You Tube. Good luck.

Your post makes my heart happy...

Funny you should mention the D9P! My quilting buddy and i spent the last 2 Fridays assembling blocks from 5” donated batik squares. We are making “charity quilts”. Today we were able to assemble the blocks into 2 quilt tops (4 x 5 block setting). I just measured - came up with a 52” x 64” top. Its always a challenge to make all of the donated fabric play well together, but we try to remember that its the thought that counts! 😊 Here is the one i made - hope it helps!

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Both my D9P used 5" squares. The block finishes at 13 1/2", so you need to decide how large you want your quilt. I think the one that was a lap quilt for a nursing home was 3 X 4 with borders. Anything bigger would be too large in my opinion. I like to make my center square the same in all the blocks. It's the one that gets cut in small pieces. My daughter's quilt was set on point and had sashing, so it was much larger, but she is a tall girl. You need 108 squares for the 3 block by 4 block size. 12 matching for the centers and 96 others. I don't have a picture of the lap quilt, but do the first one. [ATTACH=CONFIG]616553[/ATTACH]

Here's the math for different size blocks.

http://raevenfea.com/quilting/disappearing-nine-patch/

If you dear friend is in a wheelchair, consider a wheelchair quilt. It is smaller than a lap quilt because you make it more narrow so it does not get caught in the wheels. I made one for my SIL's mom and it was use daily.

I have done D9P a couple times and used the tutorial that belongs to Missouri Star Quilt Company. The best tutorials IMHO. Since I have seen here already different math formulas and size helpers that are excellent I won't add to that. The Disappearing Pinwheel is another good one. Both make an exciting change up to the standard 9 patch or pinwheel.

Here are several youtubes you can look through to see what you like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjZOXxPazg Jennoy Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB1sOVCFbKs Donna Jordan from Jordan Fabrics
Free Pattern: https://jordanfabrics.com/pages/disappearing-nine-patch

This is the disappearing 9patch I just finished. I watched a youtube with Donna Jordan (Jordan Fabrics). As Ariannaquilts says, it is one of the easiest blocks to make. It can be made in so many variations.

this is pretty

Welcome from Texas! I really like all the "disappearing" type blocks & especially the D9P (disappearing 9 patch). How wonderful that you and your 4-H advisor have stayed such close friends all these years. That's a real testimony to true friendship!
Since you've received so much information from board members already I'll just say I'm glad you are here & we would love to see the quilt when you have it finished.

DP9 patch is an easy pattern to make and I have seen tutorials on utube from Jordans Fabrics and Missouri Star Quilt Co. If you go to these web sites I think you will enjoy watching the way each one makes the blocks. very nice of you to want to make a quilt for a friend of many years. She will treasure your gift.

Thank you. The fabric was a real challenge for me. I made this for my cousin as a “memory” quilt. The fabrics were from her bridesmaids skirts, She got married about 5 years ago. I kept looking at the fabrics but could not figure out what pattern would look good. Finally I just grabbed the skirts and cut the waist bands off etc to make myself actually look at it seriously, then I decided on this pattern. I don’t think it is a “heirloom” quilt but I hope she likes the fact that it is done and she can wrap up in the people she loves. :-)

My first quilt was a d9p. I used a charm pack for the corners, white in between and a solid for the center. It was pretty good for a first quilt. The third one looked like a d9p, as well. However, I just sashed the 5" I Spy charms on two sides with a cornerstone. It was tons easier than making the nine patch, cutting it up, squaring it up, then sewing it together and squaring it up again. I didn't feel like I was doing the same thing over and over (I know, that makes no sense.). It was a lot easier for me to match the seams, too.

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This is the way I made the sashing for the second one:
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Thank you all for your amazing help and pictures of your beautiful quilts. I have one more block to do on my Christmas quilt, put it together, borders, back, then I will make this quilt. I can't wait to get started. You are all so kind!!

Love the colors. Beautiful quilt!

Look at Missouri Star quilt you tube ..

Thank you, mjkgquilt! We didnt have much control over the fabric colors being the 5” squares were all donated. The only unifying factor was that they were all batiks. But, all things considered, we were able to piece enough blocks for 3 quilts - which actually was one more quilt than we anticipated! 😊

Both Jenny Doan at Missouri Quilt and Donna Jordan at Jordan Fabrics have great Disappearing 9 Patch tutorials on YouTube. Once your 9 patch is cut, it can be arranged in several different ways. Play with it and have fun!