DP9 fabric choice

[zenkitty]

I want to try making a DP9 quilt and I don't want all the fabrics that come in the precuts because it looks too busy. How many fabric choices would be good to keep it simple, yet warm and homey? I haven't picked any as yet.
It will be for a family with 2 little girls.

Thanks!

[mlt150]

Check out fabrics made by Kansas Troubles:they have such warm and inviting colors. I actually am making myself a quilt with Cattails and Clover charms packs. I love the colors and how they blend together without being too busy. I am putting brown Minkee on the back and cannot wait to wrap myself in it!

Dianne

[Bubby]

Since the D9P is made with a basic 9-patch I think the minimum numer of fabrics I would use would be 9-12. In most of my D9P quilts I buy a solid or print fabric and use it in the center of all the blocks to give the quilt more continuity. Sometimes I find a print fabric that blends well with my charm squares and use it in some of the blocks and then use it as the border. You might be surprised how well all those kprints would look when they are cut up and re-arranged. Just remember to have fun....Barb

[Coffeetime]

Three fabric choices make a striking quilt...something like a red for center block, black for corner blocks and a white or cream print for remaining blocks. Any three contrasting colors are great and make a beautiful quilt. I like limiting the colors.

[Nena]

Check out fabrics made by Kansas Troubles:they have such warm and inviting colors. I actually am making myself a quilt with Cattails and Clover charms packs. I love the colors and how they blend together without being too busy. I am putting brown Minkee on the back and cannot wait to wrap myself in it!

Dianne

I love the fabric line from Kansas troubles. They have beautiful warm colors and look good on any type of quilt.

[brittyboo07]

I am actually gathring my fabric right now for a D9P as well. I am doing the Red, White & Black colors. All of my center squares are black/black or black/white. Then I am going to alternate how I do the rest if the 4 corners are red then the other four pieces are white and vice versa. I have choosen to go with red/black pattern, red/white pattern, white/red pattern & white with black pattern. Then I think I am going to do a black border with red binding. I used some pieces from a charm pack and then scraps for the rest. I still need more pieces though so im looking for some fat quarters so i can finish up and start sewing.

Good luck and be sure to let us know what you picked!

[aliaslaceygreen]

I totally don't know if this link will work...but I made my first d9p for a Christmas present and there were something like 7-9 colors...

I like the look of more rather than less, the less creates a much more strong geometric pattern, which I didn't care for as much..

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

If the link doesn't work, please let me know!

[bakermom]

I have done them with only 3 fabrics. If you want to spend some time, you can fussy cut the corner pieces. DD made a memory quilt this way, pictures in the corners, reds and black for the rest. was quite nice when done.

[zenkitty]

Thanks! You all have given me some good places to start and decide. I really like the Kansas Troubles line. I can also blend it with some other fabric that has small prints as well. I started this project back in October and every quilt I made turned out better for other people, so I decided to go with my first insticts and follow this homespun route.

I love sewing...

alias...I can't get into the FB link, but it may be because I am at work and it gets blocked, so I will wait until I go home to take a peek.

[Sandy Navas]

Trish - letting you know your link didn't work . . .