Magical Four-Patch and Nine-Patch

By Yvonne Porcella

Noted fiber artist Yvonne Porcella turns her talents to the most basic quilt block patterns, Four-Patches and Nine-Patches, and she will turn your world upside down! Join her on the journey to creating your own innovative quilts. 10 incredible quilting projects. Quilts are constructed using simple strip piecing and foundation piecing. Yvonne's "e;Magical Numbering System"e; makes choosing fabrics practically painless. Suggestions for personalizing your work to make it yours alone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Dec 16, 2010
• ISBN: 9781571208781

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YVONNE PORCELLA

Four-Patch and Nine-Patch Quilts

© 2001 Yvonne Porcella

Editor: Beate Marie Nellemann

Technical Editors: Sara Kate MacFarland and Lynn Koolish

Copy Editor: Stacy Chamness

Cover Designer: Christina D. Jarumay

Design Director/Book Designer: Christina D. Jarumay

Illustrator: Kandy Petersen

Photography: Sharon Risedorph unless otherwise noted

Production Assistants: Kirstie McCormick and Tim Manibusan

Published by C & T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette,

California 94549

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Porcella, Yvonne.

Magical four-patch and nine-patch quilts / Yvonne Porcella.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-57120-157-2

1. Patchwork--Patterns. 2. Quilting--Patterns. I. Title.

TT835 .P645 2001

746.46'041--dc21

2001002590

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 THE NUMBERING SYSTEM

Chapter 2 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Cutting the Strips

Making the Four-Patch and Nine-Patch Block

Setting the Blocks

Defining the Quilt Size

Strip Piecing

Flip and Stitch

Making A Larger Quilt

A Few Suggestions on Color

Chapter 3 GETTING STARTED

Nature’s Colors—An Exercise

Chapter 4 PROJECTS

Flight of Fancy—Bright Contrasts

Lancaster View—Nine-Patch Variation

Winter’s Tale—Pastel Blues and Gray

Plaids and Stripes—Folk Art Style

Sun and Sky—Strong Contrast Colors

Apron Strings—Vintage Reproductions

December Memories—Holiday Colors

Two Guest Artists—Nancy Podolsky, Cathie I. Hoover

To all the quilt makers who are inspired to try something different.

Acknowledgments

To my husband Bob, who knows more about computers than I do, and is a willing companion, friend, and partner in all our life experiences. Thanks to Nancy Podolsky and Cathie I. Hoover, who each graciously volunteered to make a sample quilt for this book. With the very basic information of my numbering system they made such beautiful quilts. My good friend, Kay Elson, lent her nimble fingers to hand quilt one project, and she is always so agreeable to help when needed. To Paula Reid I say thanks for teaching me that yes, I can turn one of my quilt tops over to an expert to have