The Nine Patch is a traditional, easy-to-sew quilt pattern that offers infinite variety. My version of yellow, pink and red four-squares arranged in a nine-patch square are set against a dark purple, grey, and black background so those brights really pop. The fabric on the back is Tiddlywinks by Kaffe Fassett.

At 75” square, this quilt is large enough to fit on a double-sized bed. It was machine quilted by Verna Ward, Coldbrook, NS.

Marilyn Smulders, Nine Patch, 2021, 75” x 75”, shot cotton fabrics (Alison Glass kaleidoscope line), cotton batting.

Photograph by Peter McLaughlin.