Semi-improv 9-patch quilt tutorial

Back of quilt

Close up

This is a quilt consisting of 12 x 12 1/2 inch improv patchwork blocks.

Why semi improv and not just improv patchwork?

The reason for the “semi” part is that the quilt starts with 6 traditional blocks, all of them a variation of churn dash or monkey wrench. Then after 2 improv patchwork iterations we obtain 12 improv patchwork blocks.

Quilt finished size

The size of the quilt is approximately 36 1/2 in x 48 1/2 in.

Materials

• 1 charm pack (a charm pack contains typically  42 x 5 in squares)
• cream cotton fabric for the background*
• cotton solids scraps in matching colours
• fabric for the backing (the backing will use some 5 in squares and background fabric)

* I cannot give you an exact amount of background fabric I used. I have several metres of Moda Bella snow and I just keep using it in my projects as I make them.

First improv iteration

• Block 1
• Block 2
• Block 3
• Block 4
• Block 5
• Block 6

Second improv iteration

• Blocks 1 and 7
• Blocks 2 and 8
• Blocks 3 and 9
• Blocks 4 and 10
• Blocks 5 and 11
• Blocks 6 and 12
• Finishing the improv blocks

Putting everything together

• Putting the blocks together, making the back of the quilt and quilting it

If you make this quilt, please share your pictures at the Semi improv patchwork quilt Flickr group.