More Fun 9-Patch Ideas

I've been having a lot of fun with the 9-Patch Project. It's and easy goal....just one 9-patch block each day of the summer. I didn't get one made over the weekend and just made up a couple of extras the following evening. I'll be going to Yellowstone National Park soon for a family reunion and I'll make some extras before I leave and some extras afterwards and plan to be all caught up.

Several of my fellow Quilt Shop Owner buddies are also promoting the project. We often "borrow" from each other's blogs and newsletters (we're friends, right?). So today I'm sending you to my friend, Karen Snyder's blog (Annalena Land) for a couple of neat 9-Patch related posts.

You may have heard about the Disappearing 9-Patch...Well here's just one pic.

Click here for a tutorial on the "Disappearing 9-Patch." There are so very many ways to set your blocks...Karen has shown several.

And then several years ago on the Sunshine Quilt Guild list I learned how to make two 9-Patch blocks at once. It's fun and easy.

Click here for Karen's tutorial on the "2-fer 9-Patch." Have fun! I'd love to see your blocks too.

Did you know that you can get updates from Scottie Dog Quilts on FaceBook? Click here to receive them. There's also a place to sign up for our latest giveaway book signed by the author : Fabric Jewelry.

Who Doesn't Love a Giveaway?

When Liz and I were at Quilt Market in October we were walking purposely down an aisle when we had to alter our path due to a crowd gathered around a booth. I looked up and standing in front of us were Rebecca Yanker & Patricia Hoskins, the authors of the new smash hit: One Yard Wonders. We had a chance to chat with them a bit and see sample projects from their book. They were gracious enough to autograph a copy for us. And thus we come to our subject...We're having a Giveaway! You can win our autographed copy for yourself!


One-Yard Wonders is chock full of delightful projects that all take only one yard of fabric. Directions are clear and the book is spiral bound with a pocket inside to hold the patterns.

How can you win? Just click Here.

You'll be taken to our FaceBook Fan Page. Just write "Enter Me" and leave your name. If you want an extra chance to win, recommend us to your friends and have them also put your name after theirs and you'll be entered a second time.

And while you are at it, you might just want to click on "Become a Fan." If you want the latest news from Scottie Dog Quilts you'll get it here. We update nearly every day with pictures of new fabrics, books and sometimes there are FaceBook only discounts.

FaceBook, Anyone?

Are you on FaceBook? If you are, and are a quilter, why not join the group: "I bet I Can Find 1,000,000 People who love to quilt!" Just click here.

This group was started by a friend of mine, Sandy Brawner, owner of Quilt Country, a really awesome quilt shop in Lewiston, TX. Sandy has a slow southern drawl.....I love to listen to her talk. Relaxing, really.

FaceBook seemed to me to be something for the younger set, but I've reconnected with elementary school friends, relatives (I see what my nieces & nephews are up to) and some people I'd only known through an Internet List. It's really easy and you can do as much or as little as you want.