The Nona Quilt Along, Week Four: Nine Patches

Hi, Friends!  Welcome back!  Jessica Dayon here and today we are starting week four of The Nona Quilt Along.

If you missed the first three parts of The Nona Quilt Along, you can read all about it here:

• The Nona Quilt Along, Week One: Introduction
• The Nona Quilt Along, Week Two: Supplies & Materials
• The Nona Quilt Along, Week Three: Cutting the Fabric

This week, we will be making the nine patches for the Nona Quilt.  Let’s get sewing!

Making the Nine Patches

First, make sure you have your Nona pattern in front of you.  We are working on the section titled ‘Making the Blocks’.  A nine patch is a traditional quilt block that contains 9 squares laid out in a 3 x 3 grid.

1. Layout the fabric that you are going to use for your nine patch

To make one nine patch. First, lay out 5- 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” white squares and 4- 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” matching print squares as shown below.

2. Sew the top/bottom row together

Start with a white square and a colored square.

Then lay the colored square on top of the white square with the right sides together.  Sew with 1/4″ seam allowance.  Cut the threads.

Open the piece to the right side.  Then, get another white square.

Place the white square on top of the colored square, right sides together.  Sew together with a 1/4″ seam allowance.  Cut the threads and open to view from the right side.  This is the top/bottom unit.  Repeat these steps again so that you have you will make two top/bottom units.

3. Sew the center row together

Start with a colored square on the bottom and a white square on top, right sides together. Sew with 1/4″ seam allowance.  Cut the threads. Open the piece to the right side.  Then, get another colored square and place it on top of the white square, right sides together.  Sew together with a 1/4″ seam allowance.

Cut the threads and open to view from the right side.  This is the middle row.

Up to this point, you have made all of the rows for one nine patch.

4. Sewing the rows together

Now it’s time to sew the rows together.  Take one top/bottom row and one middle row.

Place the middle row on top of the top/bottom row, right sides together.  Sew together with a 1/4″ seam allowance.

Cut the threads and open to view from the right side.  Then, get the remaining top/bottom row. Place the top/bottom row on top of the middle row, right sides together.  Sew together with a 1/4″ seam allowance.

After you have sewn this seam, the nine patch is complete!

Repeat These Steps

For the Nona quilt, you will need to make 30 nine patches.

Watch the Week 4 YouTube Video

Remember to watch the Week 4 YouTube video on my channel.  This video coordinates with this post and I show how to make the nine patch for the Nona Quilt in real time.  I also give tips on how to speed up the process of making 30 of them.

Thank you for following along and I’ll see you next week!

– Jessica