Five 9-patch quilt blocks

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A nine patch quilt block is a block made with nine squares laid out in a 3 x 3 grid. Often the fabrics alternate dark / light / dark, but there are many different options.

This is a common traditional quilt block that is used in many quilt designs, both alone or in combination with other blocks.

Some other traditional quilt blocks are actually variations of a nine patch block.

Here are five nine patch blocks:

Traditional nine patch block

The traditional nine patch block can be made with two fabrics or many fabrics.

Simple rail fence block

Rail fence is a traditional quilt pattern, but that idea can also be used in a nine patch block.

In the rail fence, each square of the nine patch is made up of two rectangles in contrasting colours.

Friendship star block

Friendship star is a simple star block based on a nine patch layout. Four of the squares are made with half-square triangles.

Shoofly block

The shoo fly quilt block is made with exactly the same pieces as the friendship star block, but they are in a different layout.

Churn dash block

The churn dash quilt block looks more complicated, but when you break it down, it is just a nine patch block.

Four of the squares are made with two rectangles (like the rail fence block) and four are made with half-square triangles.

Make a quilt

Make a quilt with different nine patch blocks in the nine patch sampler quilt course. This course has detailed tutorials showing how to make each block and how to assemble them into quilts of different sizes.

Nine patch sampler quilts

This autumn version of the Nine Patch Sampler quilt glows with fall colours.

This red and white nine patch sampler quilt showcases free-motion quilting.

This pink and white nine patch sampler quilt uses many different fabrics.

This green nine patch sampler quilt uses only two fabrics. The darker fabric is the background.

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