Nine Patch Checkerboard Quilt - Part I

A progress report in pictures.

A new week and a new project, but that's not to say that I whipped up this quilt top in a day, or even two days! The traditional Nine Patch block is one of my favorite blocks ~ simple patchwork with endless possibilities. It is my recent foray into Checkerboard Quilts that has led me to create the dark/light layout of a checkerboard quilt with a simple Nine Patch Block. Different but the same.

I have made each nine-patch block with just two fabrics (a light fabric, and a dark/er fabric) and I have alternated the layout of the fabrics; one Nine Patch block has a dark center fabric and matching corner fabrics, and the next Nine Patch block has a light center fabric with matching corner fabrics, thereby creating  a checkerboard look when the blocks are alternated.

Like many of my quilts this one is all about the fabrics, the colors and the prints. I love each and every one of the fabrics used in this quilt top and hand picked fabrics for each block individually. I always try not to over think the choosing fabrics/colors process but do worry about the quilt being "too scrappy or too busy". It is often not till the end when I lay out and arrange the blocks that I see how it is all going to work (or not). Often I am pleasantly surprised. Scrappy is good.

QUICK QUILT STATS:

Quilt top  measures 54 inches x 72 inches 

(12 rows of blocks x 9 columns of blocks)

108 Nine Patch Blocks 

Each finished nine-patch block measures 6 inches x 6 inches.
(each nine patch block is made up of 9 squares each measuring
2.5 inches x 2.5 inches including the seam allowances.)

Approximately 100 different fabrics.

Note also the use of purple! And the gingham.
Gingham fabric in all colors and sizes are still a stash favorite.

More soon. Thank you for stopping by,
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
RPQ  Checkerboard Quilts
RPQ Nine Patch Quilts