As promised, here are some photos of the Disappearing Nine Patch I’m doing for the back of the log cabin quilt. Basic instructions are in the photo captions.
Yes, my mother also wonders why I would take perfectly good pieces of fabric, cut them up, join them together, then cut them and join them again! 😉
See also:
- Log Cabin Quilt: 1
- Log Cabin Quilt: 2
- Log Cabin Quilt: 3 (mini quilts—side project)
- Log Cabin Quilt: 4 (sewing the blocks)
- Log Cabin Quilt: 5 (putting the top together)
- Log Cabin Quilt: 6 (this post)
- Log Cabin Quilt: 7 (the completed back)
- Log Cabin Quilt: 8 (finished!)
I was thinking the same thing but that does look really cool! And trying to do that without joining and cutting would probably tax my brain. 😉
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A very nice quilt. I like the fabrics.
Don’t ever tell your Mum that you made a perfectly good block and cut it up and joined it back together again! Even to me it SOUNDS absolutely crazy, and I love cutting up fabric etc!
Judy B
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