Backslash Technique Sheet
$ 8.25
Take your quilts from simple to stunning. Add a dynamic, eye-catching feature to your quilts when you include this simple, diagonal chain block. The unit is easily constructed using the Nine Patch Square Up® tool.
Details
- One page, laminated for durability
- Three-hole punched for storage
- Companion for Nine Patch Square Up ® tool
- Eight sizes from 2" to 9" finished
- Free online video for unit construction and tool trim down (coming soon!)
- Left handed instructions available for download here
- Item#DTEC44
Flicker
$ 13.50
Take an Irish Chain style quilt to a new level by adding Flying Geese to your Blocks. Cleverly placed Nine Patches and Flying Geese create a lovely chain effect. The strip piecing construction method, followed by precision trimming using the Nine Patch Square Up tool, makes Flicker a quick, fun project for every quilter.
Details
- Project sizes: Lap, Extra Long Twin, Full/Queen
- Required tools: Nine Patch Square Up® and Wing Clipper® I
- Fabric: Various lights, mediums, and darks, background
- Pattern # DTP099
Sew Nice
$ 13.50
Turn your scrap bin into a stunning star-filled quilt! This playful design combines striking Lemoyne Stars with classic Nine Patches and Square Squared units, creating a lively patchwork look that shines in every fabric combination.
The pattern is designed to be wonderfully adaptable: simply change the size of the units to create a different quilt size. For the Lap-size version, use the Square Squared tool in place of the Large Square Squared tool.
This is the ideal project for using favorite leftovers, coordinating stash fabrics, or building a bold, fully scrappy color story. For an especially scrappy effect, combine assorted yardage until it equals the total amount shown in the yardage chart.
Details
- Project sizes: Lap, Large Throw/Twin, Full
- Required tools: Nine Patch Square Up®, Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star, Tucker Trimmer® III, and Large Square Squared® (the Square Squared® can be used for the Lap)
- Fabric: Blues, Teals, Browns, Reds, and Creams
- Pattern # DTP100
Nine Patch Square Up
$ 60.50
The Nine Patch Square Up™ tool is the ultimate solution to creating perfect nine patches in 8 different sizes! Like all Studio 180 Design tools and processes, our instructions build blocks slightly oversized and then quickly and easily trim them to a perfect size.
The Nine Patch Square Up™ tool creates blocks in previously unattainable whole inch finished sizes from 2” through 9”. Perfectly engineered lines make aligning the tool with the stitched seams a snap, allowing for easy, accurate trimming no matter your skill level. You will be amazed at the results!
This two part tool set comes with the basic instructions for making nine patch units that finish from 2” up to 9” in whole inch increments.
Details
- Ruler Size: 9½” x 9½” and 3¾” x 12”
- Eight Size options from 2” to 9” finished units in whole inch increments
- Step by step illustrated instructions, available to download
- Instructions for left handed cutting and trimming
- Fine lines for high accuracy
- Free online video for construction and trim down techniques (see below, also on YouTube)
- Item #DT30
- Free Connecting Rails Technique, download here
Video Demonstration
Pente
$ 13.50
Pente is not just our very first Nine Patch Square Up pattern, it's also a fantastic project to help you learn how to use your tool! This creative interlocking design is created using two different unit sizes, which tricks the eye and makes you double-take to determine where your units really are in the quilt. Try making nine patches with non-traditional color placement reminiscent of an Irish chain in this quick and fun project.
Details
- Three project sizes: Crip, Lap, Twin
- Required tools: Nine Patch Square Up™
- Fabric: Dark & Medium Orange, Dark & Medium Blue, and Background
- Pattern # SP008