Showing posts with label 9-patches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9-patches. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

9-Patch Pot Holders and Wreaths

 I'm so far behind in my blogging, but this is what I made with those 9-patch blocks. I gave these away for Christmas gifts. I had a request to make more, but I haven't had time yet. I have been busy making other things.


Every year the City has a wreath contest. These are some of the wreaths. The first one is made from things a person found on their walks.



 This next wreath is made of balls covered with fabric. They also glued  some sequins on it. The small one below has little paper stars on it.
 This next wreath is made with bottle caps and little toys. The one below it is made from magazine pages.
 This particular wreath was made from puzzle pieces! It looks like the pieces that made up the anthuriums were painted.
 This wreath was made from scrubbers.
 This one was made from bubble wrap that was painted silver!
This one was my favorite! It is made of yoyos. 


Some people are so creative. I hope you enjoyed this.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Forgotten blocks

I know this post is really late...I'm a bit behind in my blogging. 


Last year I made these 9-patches as part of a sew-along. The sew-along was for a month...and I only made seven blocks, because I got distracted and started making the string blocks pictured below. The string blocks were so much fun!


So while people were making quilts out of all their thirty plus blocks, I had a few nine patches with about a dozen or so string blocks that I didn't quite know what to do with. I set them aside and forgot about them until Thanksgiving or Christmas, when Bonnie Hunter made, RRCB, another mystery quilt. 


As I was looking for fabrics for the mystery, I found these blocks. Well, I set them aside...again, and made some coasters for Christmas gifts.


The coasters pictured below were given to my SIL and brother for Christmas. They were a hit! I didn't know she loved Strawberry Shortcake until I gave these coasters to her. I had the hst on one side with Strawberry Shortcake on the other. I'm so glad she liked them.