The Irish Chain has a 9 patch. That was my second quilt

I've not done the 9 patch yet. My first quilt was Night & Day. I had been sewing for over 30 years but had never pieced quilts so 1/4" seams weren't a problem. After I complete the memory quilt I am currently working on - I'm going to do the 9 patch

Me too!

Did a 9 patch when I was 9 and still have it. Did it the old fashioned way, scissors, and needless to say, not the prettiest but I Did It?

I don't like regular piecing enough to do the basics, like 4 patch and 9 patch. I might like the rail fence, but haven't tried it yet. I hated not have the seams match up, etc. I made a quilt from QFK and 2of their kits. Hated every minute of it. So I tried paper piecing and fell in love. Plus I must have a short attention span because I can't see myself doing a block over and over. So, I'm working on paper
piecing and doing samplers. I belong to a few BOM that require me to do some pieced blocks, but they are a trial for all the reasons mentioned above.

By the way never, never try to type with an active toddler on your lap. It takes twice as long 'cause the little darling keeps trying to help me...lol.

I still us the 9 patch and 4 patch a lot in my designs.

It's alive and well in my house. I use them in repro quilts

Haha, I tried to quilt with my busy 17-month-old on my lap yesterday. That doesn't work, either! : )

My mother was a great seamstress for years (still is), so when she decided to make her first quilt it was not the 9 patch. It was the Lone Star, cut out with scissors and a cardboard pattern. She made 3 of them in different colors
out of poly cotton fabric. Her points came together perfect and I have one that looks as good as when she first made it, in the very early 70's. I asked her one time why she chose that pattern for her first quilts. Her answer--it is my favorite quilt pattern and no one told me that it was hard to do so just jumped in and did it. She has made many quilts since those early days and still makes the Lone Star, one piece at a time.
Brenda

I'm going to get my kids started on a quilt the next time we have some rainy days- it'll be a scrappy 4-patch.