In my classes last week, I gave another '5 minute demo'. This month the demo was all about Disappearing Blocks!
No, not magic tricks or a trick of the eye. But how to turn a well known quilt block into something rather special (without lots of intricate piecing)!
The following are pictorial instructions on how to make the disappearing blocks. A few notes to consider before we get started:
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Start with another 4 patch block.
These are just a sample of the many disappearing blocks you can make! Aren't they cool!
And if you make a quilt with one of these disappearing blocks, you can get some lovely secondary patterns emerging too, like my Disappearing 9 Patch quillow (pattern available here.)
I hope you have been inspired and have fun making some impressive (yet easy) quilt blocks!
Happy sewing!
Thank you for this tutuorial. I keep seeing patterns for disappearing nine patch but didn't appreciate that there are so many different patterns; I'm going to have fun playing with these.
Hi Michelle, have lots of sewing fun! Jxo