Here you go. A link that identifies all of them and straight from the horse's mouth ~~ so-to-speak.
The reason I posted? Well, I wanted to make a backing for the table runner and I wanted some pizzazz to it. I wanted to try something new and on one of the pages for a quilting magazine they talked about a sliced nine patch. I went searching and found this:
I didn't have a honey bun and had no idea what it was, but I do now. I saved this listing for future reference, because I'm sure I'll run into the same problem again.
What they direct you to do and what I did are two different things. I didn't have a honey bun and wasn't going to buy one, but I did have lots of backing fabric. So step by step, this is what I did and you can too.
Make your nine patch the same way you always do, 3 across, 3 down
Make your nine patch the same way you always do, 3 across, 3 down
Place your ruler on the seam at the 2 1/4" marking. Slice it vertically.
I cut my sashings 2" wide and the length of the block, to finish at 1 1/2"
Sew the first set of sashings in place and then press your block. Press it well.
Measure the length of your block and cut 2 more sashings 2" x that measurement.
Place your block on the cutting mat and slice the block opposite to what you just sliced it.
Sew those sashings in place
You can give this block a different look by playing with the outer set
I had some charms left over, so I sewed three together and then sliced those as well.
I sewed it all together with sashings in between and then added a border. I would love to find that white/grey for the binding, but as this is the year of "frugal" I'll use what I have in stock.
I like this block. I would do it again, someday, when I don't have anything else to do and I need to buy fabric! Buying fabric won't be happening for awhile.
I finished......sandwiched, quilted and bound.
I kept the quilting very simple. I didn't think it needed anything fussy as this is what they are now calling "modern" quilting.
I used the edge of my walking foot as my guide and masking tape.
I stitched from the edge to the centre of the bottom block and back to the edge. I then stitched the width of my walking foot. I placed some masking tape on the edge of the stitching for the next section to be quilted. I just kept going until that area was done. I did it three times. Then I moved into the middle using the same idea.
I completed one end and then did the other end. The second day I worked on it, only took me one hour. I timed myself by turning on my favourite afternoon show.
The fabric line is called Winter's Lane by Kate and Birdie from Moda
I used an 80/20 batting and thread from Connecting Threads. I puddled all my grey threads on the top and one of them was absolutely perfect. How lucky was that!