Nine Hearts Free Quilt Pattern

Are you following along with the Nuts About ??... Blog Hop.  There have been some neat projects and shares from some Nutty talented designers.  I shared yesterday about what I was Nuts About.  You can read about it here.

My project was a small wall hanging or table topper.  I called it Nine Hearts.  I also promised a free pattern/tutorial for you.

Here is what you'll need for Nine Hearts.  It finishes 33" x 33"

Yardage:

Fabric #1 - 1/4 yard
Fabric #2 - 1/4 yard
Fabric #3 - 1 yard
Binding - 3/8 yard
Backing - 1 1/8 yards

Cutting

5 - 1 1/2" strips x WOF Fabric #1
4 - 1 1/2" strips x WOF Fabric #2
8 - 3 1/2" strips x WOF Fabric #3
      Subcut into:

• 2 - 33 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 6 - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 6 - 6 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 4 - 9 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 4 - 12 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 3 - 15 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 1 - 21 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• 1 - 27 1/2" x 3 1/2"

4 - 2 1/2" strips x WOF Binding Fabric

Assembly

1. Sew 1 strips of Fabric #1 to the right of  1 strip of fabric #2, right sides together.  Press seam to fabric #2.  
2. Sew 1 strip of Fabric #1 to the left side of the strip set Fabric 1/Fabric 2, made in step 1.  Press seam to Fabric #2.  It should measure 3 1/2" x WOF
   
3. Make 2 of these strip sets.  
4. Sub cut the strip set into 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" units.  You will need  44 units.  Label these Unit A.
   
5. Sew 1 strip of Fabric #2 to the right side of 1 strip of Fabric #1, right sides together.  Press seam to Fabric #2.
6. Sew 1 strip of Fabric #2 to the left side of the strip set Fabric 2/Fabric 1, made in step 5.  Press seam to Fabric #2.  
   
7. Sub cut strip set into 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" units. You will need 22 units.  Label these Unit B.
   
8. Make a Nine Patch unit using 2 Unit A pieces and 1 unit B piece.  Sew together in this order, Unit A, Unit B, Unit A.  The nine patch units should measure 3 1/2" square.   You will need 22 Nine Patch Units.
   

Now you're ready to assemble the rows.  You can use the detailed steps below as well as the layout guide.  Each square in the layout guide represents 3" finished.

1. Row 1 is 1 - 33 1/2" x 3 1/2" strip #3
2. Row 2 - 6 1/2" #3, 9P (9 patch), 9P, 9 1/2" #3, 9P, 9P, 6 1/2 #3 (Press seams to right)
3. Row 3 - 3 1/2" #3, 9P, 6 1/2" #3, 9P, 3 1/2" #3, 9P, 6 1/2" #3, 9P, 3 1/2" #3 (Press seams to left)
4. Row 4 - 9P, 12 1/2" #3, 9P, 12 1/2" #3, 9P (Press seams to right)
5. Row 5 - 9P, 27 1/2" #3, 9P (Press seams to left)
6. Row 6 - 3 1/2" #3. 9P, 21 1/2" #3, 9P, 3 1/2" #3 (Press seams to right)
7. Row 7 - 6 1/2" #3, 9P, 15 1/2" #3, 9P, 6 1/2" #3 (Press seams to left)
8. Row 8 - 9 1/2" #3, 9P, 9 1/2" #3, 9P, 9 1/2" #3 (Press seams to right)
9. Row 9 - 12 1/2" #3, 9P, 3 1/2" #3, 9P, 12 1/2" #3 (Press seams to left)
10. Row 10 - 15 1/2" #3, 9P, 15 1/2" #3 (Press seams to right)
11. Row 11 is 1 - 33 1/2" x 3 1/2" strip
    

Sew the rows together to make the quilt top.

Quilt as Desired.  

I quilted  straight vertical lines 1" apart around the perimeter of the heart.  I quilted straight horizontal lines 1" apart in the center of the heart.  And I quilted diagonal lines in the nine patches.  Even though I quilted it on my longarm, it's very do-able on your domestic machine as well.

For the binding I used 4 strips 2 1/2" x WOF.  

It is a super easy quilt to make in no time at all.  When you make your quilt, please send me a picture via email to dorisquiltingqueen at yahoo dot com or post on my Facebook page or my Instagram and tag with #ninehearts and/or #quiltingqueenonline.  I love to see what you've made.