Quilt Along: Part Nine

We're going to finish putting together the smaller blocks and complete the centre of the quilt.

In Part eight, I talked about separating your smaller blocks into six stacks to make it easier for you to keep track of what block goes where. We've already attached the left and right sides to the centre with stacks a and b.

In this part, we'll be attaching four rows of smaller blocks, two on top, and two at the bottom.

We'll need ten smaller blocks for the top two rows.

1. Place your blocks like so...

Top row: diamond, pinwheel, nine-patch, pinwheel, diamond

Second row: pinwheel, nine-patch, diamond, nine-patch, diamond

(Refer to the picture above for placement.)

2. Sew the blocks together -- you should have two rows of five blocks each.

3. Sew the two rows together.

4. Attach the two rows to the centre blocks that you finished in Part eight.

And you should have something that looks like this!

Repeat this step for the bottom of the centre. Please do note that the third and last rows at the bottom are mirrored from the top two rows, and the blocks are placed like so...

Third row: pinwheel, nine-patch, diamond, nine-patch, pinwheel

Last row: diamond, pinwheel, nine-patch, pinwheel, diamond

And that's your centre blocks all finished!

If you're just joining in, here's likes to Parts one through eight.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

Next up are the middle borders!