7 patch quiltpattern

Sew the cut pieces together. Go strip by strip. Then press the quilt top with an iron. Flatten the seams so that quilt will have a straight look when done. Use single-fabric backing for your quilt. It needs to be 8 inches wider and longer than the finished quilt top. Lay the backing on the floor, the pretty side facing down. Tape the top and bottom to the floor then continue with the sides.

Smoothly lay the quilt batting over the top of the fabric. It will tend to hold creases from where it was folded. S pray an additional layer of on the batting. Place the quilt top next, face up. Flatten out any wrinkles, until the quilt top sits perfectly even. Pin the sections with a space of 6 inches apart. Start pinning from the core going outward, in concentric circles. Any excess fabric is pushed to the outer part of the quilt to avoid bunching up toward the center.

Once everything is pinned, remove the quilt from the floor. Start sewing it all together. Once the quilt is fully stitched, cut off the unwanted bits that exist around the edges.

Then the last step would be forming the binding. Cut enough long strips to surround your quilt. These will form a smooth border around the edges of your quilt. The strips need to be a bit longer than your quilt to overlap on both sides. Then align the binding strip with the top edge of the quilt and then pin along the long edge of the quilt. Sew from one end to the other. Carefully cut the excess binding off when you reach the end. The bottom of the binding must align perfectly with the bottom of the quilt.

Repeat for the opposing side and the other two sides. Creating your own patchwork quilt is such a self-fulfilling accomplishment using your sewing machine. Step 2a Stitch Row 1 T ogether: Near your sewing machine layout the block in the grid format as pictured above in the block layout. Taking each row in turn, and without changing the orientation of the patches squares , stitch the patches in each row together.

Row 1: Place the square from Column 2 right side down on top of the square in Column 1. Step 2c Flip the square in Column 2 right side up. Finger press the seam away from the center of the block. Step 2d Place Patch 3 Face Down on Patch 2: With right sides together, place the square from Column 3 right side down on top of the square in Column 2. Row 1 is now complete. Finger press the seams in the opposite direction towards the center of the block of those from Row 1.

Finger press the seams in the opposite direction away from the center of the block of those from Row 2. Step 5 Press Seams of Each Row: Take the sewn rows to the ironing board and press the seams with an iron in the direction that they were finger pressed. See in the picture below how the seams of each row are pressed in opposite directions. This helps to reduce bulk when you nest the seams as you sew the rows together. Step 6a Sew Rows Together: Now, sew the rows of the nine patch quilt block pattern together.

Place Row 1 right side down over Row 2. The bottom of Row 1 should be aligned with the top of Row 2. The top of Row 3 should be aligned with the bottom of Row 2. Nest the seams. Pin on both sides of the seam and near each end of the row. Step 7 Give the block a final press with an iron. Here's the backside of the nine patch quilt block pattern so that you can see how each seam was pressed. When squaring up a quilt block, trim it to size based on the unfinished size of the block.

I simply eyeballed the center of the block. You can also square up the quilt block based on the unfinished patch size:. Now your nine patch quilt block is ready to be used in a quilt. Enjoy making the nine patch quilt block pattern. It's easy to make and versatile! Due to variations in cutting and stitching sometimes your completed block may not end up being the exact size you wanted it to be. But it should be very close. If your block is a smaller size than you were aiming for simply trim all the blocks to the same size as the smallest block.

Using it in a quilt may require you to make a extra block or two. Or, simply make your smaller. Just go with it You can always make another quilt!

Check out this cool 9 patch variation: disappearing nine patch quilt block pattern. Your email address is never shared. Unsubscribe any time. Make the Hope of Hartford quilt block and learn to stitch a partial seam.