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Home / My Blog / Classes and workshops / ::Nine-Boxed Quilt::

::Nine-Boxed Quilt::

May 15, 2013 By Katie

Some quilts take time to finish.  Mostly because those other quilt ideas get in the way.  Sometimes even those quilts take awhile too.  I’m pretty sure I have a box of those “ideas.”

nine-boxed/ sewkatiedidWhen I looked at the November date on this photo and the rainy blustery day I was thankful that it looked like this today.

Nine-Patched Quilt/SewkatiedidNine-Boxed’s original story and making details are here, but as I said it sat for awhile and on a quilting exhibition to Sandie’s for another quilt I thought why not just quilt it too.  She happen to have this design board already loaded so we went with it.

I’ll admit this quilt has grown on me a bit.  I wasn’t so sure I liked it at first and am now kinda wishing as I look at the photo that maybe I could have at the very least thrown it in the dryer for a bit to decrease it, poor thing has been rolled up in the closet for a month or longer.

sewkatiedid/nine-boxed

In person it is really the Carolina Chambray that makes all those bits shine.  The blocks consist of a simple nine-patch made improvisationally.  Links to a few tutorials on the technique are also available on the original post about this quilt.

My twist was adding in a block when creating the nine-patch block that was entirely made of strip-piecing.  I’ve got a whole tote that contains scraps that are strips and they were calling me.  There are some goodies in there.

sewkatiedid/nine-boxedI also added a block of background fabric into the nine-patch construction here and there.  I always like that “floating” look.

sewkatiedid/nine-boxedBacking I bought ages ago on sale when Drygoods first opened and for the binding I revisited that scrap strip tote for scraps of binding left over from other quilts.

It has no home yet.

I’m off to market tomorrow and then teaching workshops with Jacquie on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Come join us if you can!

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  1. Terra Kroll says

    May 15, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    wowowowow!
    that is just gorgeous! I just love it.
    I would definitely give it a home! 🙂

    • sewkatiedid says

      May 15, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      Thanks Terra, I’ll keep it in mind!

  2. Carla says

    May 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    It’s wonderful! Love the quilting too ; )

  3. Debbie says

    May 15, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    I really like the simplicity of this one! Have a great time at Market and see you Monday in class!

  4. Rachel at Stitched in Color says

    May 15, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    This one is quite free. I like it!

  5. Blair says

    May 15, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    I love the wonky little blocks with the straight edges. You are so good with “movement”.

  6. Susan Loretta says

    May 15, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    I like this quite a bit!

  7. Sandra says

    May 15, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    It looks great! I like it very much!

  8. Sandie says

    May 15, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    I always liked it. 😉

  9. Pat says

    May 15, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    I really like this. Silly me wondering why you would put it in the dryer to make it smaller …. oh, you meant to de Crease it. 😀 Sometimes I feel so dumb.

  10. Em says

    May 15, 2013 at 6:16 pm

    What a wonderful quilt! I really love the quilting!

  11. beth lehman says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    that carolina chambray kicks is so great as a background! is it charcoal?

    • sewkatiedid says

      May 16, 2013 at 2:07 pm

      ebony.

      On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:43 PM, SEW KATIE DID

  12. beth lehman says

    May 15, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    gah, i mean black?

  13. red flannel pantry says

    May 15, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    beautiful . . .

  14. Jenny says

    May 15, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    i was going to ask about the Carolina Chambray too…I was wondering if it was ebony. id love to find ebony again…
    i really like this quilt…i love the extra background collor within the patchwork…its very lively and playful!!

  15. Noelle says

    May 16, 2013 at 4:18 am

    This is one of my favorites and we had so much fun making it! (Not that I made it with you, just there for moral support)

  16. Lysa Flower says

    May 16, 2013 at 6:40 pm

    Ooo, I love the movement in the blocks!

  17. goosefairy says

    May 17, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    This is beautiful. I love the way you did the blocks especially incorporating the background fabric and strip-pieced bits. I *may* just have to keep this in mind for my next quilt!

  18. Alli says

    May 31, 2013 at 9:35 am

    That’s such a neat layout for your quilt, and I absolutely love the quilting you did! 🙂

  19. perfectchow48 says

    January 12, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    I love this quilt!

  20. eva says

    March 21, 2015 at 12:27 am

    i love the kind of quilting on this quilt. could you share how you begin it?? do you quilt all of your own quilts??
    i just found your blog today, and am amazed!!
    xo
    eva

    • sewkatiedid says

      March 21, 2015 at 9:16 am

      Thanks Eva, This one was quilted on a long arm with a pattern board. It really just depends on the quilt whether I quilt on my home machine or a long arm. You can add you email to the sidebar to subscribe to posts if you want;)

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