Baby Nine
Patch Quilt

Yardage Needed:

• Various Prints:  96  2 ½ inch squares - a little less than ½ a yard.

• Light Print:  One 2 ½ strip.

• White: ½ yard.

• Yellow: ¾ yards for the outer border and binding.

Cutting Instructions:

• Various Prints:  If cutting from strips, cut enough for ninety-six 2 ½ inch squares  

• Light Print:  

  • Cut twelve 2 ½ squares  

• White: 

  • Cut six strips 2 ½ x WOF

    • Using five of the strips, cut the following from each strip:

One 26 ½  x  2 ½ rectangle and two 6 ½ x 2 ½ rectangles. 

• • • From the last strip, cut out the six remaining 6 ½ x 2 ½ rectangles. 
      There will be a total of five white 26 ½  x  2 ½ rectangles and sixteen white 6 ½ x 2 ½ rectangles.

• Yellow:  

  • Cut four 4 ½ inch strips x WOF 

    • Subcut into four 34 ½ x  4 ½ inch rectangles 

  • Cut four 2 ¼ inch strips x WOF for binding.

Make 12 Nine Patches: 

• Place a light print 2 ½ square and surround it with 8 random various prints.

• Sew the squares together creating a top, middle, and bottom row.

• Sew the top and bottom rows to the middle row.

Create Rows: 

The quilt is made of four rows with sashing.  A sashing strip is sewn at the beginning and end of each row. This creates the inner white border.

• Layout the nine patch blocks for each row.

• Start with a white 6 ½ x 2 ½ inch rectangle and sew each row by alternating sashing and nine patch blocks till you get three blocks in the row and end with a sashing rectangle.

• Make four rows.

Sewing Rows together: 

• Sew a 26 ½  x  2 ½ sashing strip to the bottom of each row.

• Sew each row together.

• Add the final 26 ½  x  2 ½ rectangle on the top.