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While converting a design with a white background to one with a red background I noticed some of the versions and decided to save each one, then worked out that if I added the new background blocks in a different order I got different designs, and some of them were rather impressive.

I picked out one block to change, but missed one of them, but saved the design anyway.

One on the left is interesting, and I like the one on the right.

The four above are getting more dark background added with some very interesting results!

Getting more interesting ...

These designs use just one very basic block, the basic Nine Patch, which is simply nine squares stitched together to make a square block. The designs could be made with just two fabrics, or one rather plain light background fabric with contrasting dark scraps.

I love the border of these designs too … simply 5 narrow strips of five different fabrics which includes the dark fabric used in the blocks, with the darkest of the fabrics used as the binding.

This project file is the result of a thought I had at about 3am one morning, when I am at my my creative. However, that was one of those thoughts I actually remembered when I woke up at a more reasonable hour.

The thought was to draft the corners of 9P blocks so that they met other blocks with identical corners to create a pattern independent of the other five squares in the 9P block. The corner designs stand out better in the first of these two designs, but become more a part of the overall design in the second ...

When I chose these fabrics I wanted almost plain primary colours to play with … I try yo avoid primary colours in general, so this was a challenge to see if I could make them work.

I also wanted to use some very basic pieced blocks to create some complicated designs.

I have made it work, and I love the blue border made with very basic 9 patch blocks.

A couple more of my Red and white collection of 9patch quilt designs.

In this project file I have used 10 blocks, with an alternative colouring used for two of them, and used each and every block with all of the others. Each combination is used twice, in both possible combinations.

As there are 131 designs in the project file, somewhere I have missed one … one day I might find the patience to work out which combination I missed, though I deliberately missed using the same block in both of the alternative placings, which would have made 144 in total ...