I am trying to make a blooming 9 patch. I get that you need large busy prints and that each fabric should share some common colors with the piece they are next to. But other than that I am at a loss.

Here is what I have tentatively picked out. The pattern calls for 8 and I only have 7. So I need to find one more. I have pinks at both ends but not in the middle. Is that a problem? Should I try to move them all together? Are the 3 blue/green ones in the middle too close to the same? I forgot that there was suppose to be a change in value. Am I totally off? Oh and I have a blue and black that would match the last one on the right. But it has black. The two before it have brown. yea? nay?

All help is greatly appreciated. If you think I am totally off base let me know! I appreciate constructive criticism. Positive comments are always nice but they don't really help to learn and improve :)

There aren't any rules for fabric selection fot B9P that I am aware of. I used some very small prints in mine. And I've seen some that used solids exclusively. I like my fabrics to "flow" into each other, but some like high contrast. It is totally up to you. I used 6 fabrics in my king sized quilt. I am on my iPod but you can find mine by checking out my topics. I called it "Blooming Lilacs". Good luck!

your fabrics are lovely.
i did notice though they seem to be all about the same.
alot of time in order for a quilt to work is by the (VALUES) of the fabrics chosen- the colors really have nothing to do with it- you can use any and all colors- but the LIGHT-MEDIUM-DARK values are what make the quilt work-
for your final fabric i would try to find something to contrast- (make the quilt pop) if all of your fabs are medium try adding a dark= or a very light

I would take out the large pink flowered one and put either a light or a dark one for contrast. Can't wait to see the results! Your fabrics are nice

Your lilac one is beautiful! Lilacs remind me of my grandma's house :) Your fabrics blended very smoothly. I love it!

Yea I noticed this too. I completely forgot that I needed different values! I need some darker and lighter ones. LOL I may do a whole new retry today

Thanks! I think I need to add some of both :)

I just love your fabric choice, sorry I can't help with your question, but believe me, there are so many good quilters out there on this site that can help you. Have fun working on this quilt, and by the way you and your soldier are a beautiful couple!!

I love the fabrics....I think with the B9P as long as you have different colors ( you do) it should be fine. If you want to find different values it will add more drama. But I think it depends on what you are going for. I love modern looking prints and I would choose prints just like yours.

Hey, lovingmysoldier, how's the B9P going? Please post photos!

I will have to post some pics! I have the first 4 colors done. Got busy with life and haven't worked on it the last two weeks. It is fun seeing it come together.

I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures... LOVE your fabrics!

I too want to see pictures! Love your fabric choices!

Are you planning to fussy-cut the rightmost fabric for your inner selection? I would do so, to ensure that you get the right balance of colors for your center. There will only be a few blocks of the centermost colors.
I think that maybe adding a lighter fabric near the light blues or yellows or a darker by the first pink would be good, I agree that your values are much the same. Photographing your fabrics really makes a difference in how you view them, doesn't it?

If I may, I'm enclosing 2 pics of the batik fabric and the blooming 9 patch I'm currently working on. After I started cutting and sewing, I found that my 2 favorite fabrics are the green snake and the cobalt. They both have a small pattern with high contrast so they flow well against their neighboring fabrics.

Once I started working on it and had cut my strips I realized that the rightmost fabric that you commented on was wrong as well. So I completely pulled that fabric. It just didn't work. I changed a couple of the other colors around. I have a much better idea now as to what I needed then when I started. I LOVE yours though. So pretty! I love seeing the movement into the next color. It "blooms" very nicely! I love it! Thanks for the help.

I will take a picture tonight of what I have so far and maybe you all can give me a few pointers on where I need to go next lol. My problem is that I like color and I just want to use all of them and all of the fabric that I like lol!

wow! beautiful!

Over a year later inquiring minds still want photos!

This was an interesting post. I really didn't know what a 'blooming 9 patch was. Rebecca S sort of cleared that up, and i can see that it is the values of the fabrics that are necessary. Will be very interested to see your quilt 'lovingmysoldier'!

I like #2 best...... I did one with jewel tones for my daughters wedding gift. I'll try to post it. If each touching fabric has 2-3 colors of the one it "blooms" with, they will blend well. Great choices!! Here's the link to mine... album of my quilts. Near the bottom are 3 pictures. 1) is jewel tone fabric lined up 2) is begining of quilt 3) finished quilt:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...albums298.html