Nine-Patch Pizzazz Schoolhouse – April 26, 2025

Guild members Carolyn Blackwelder and Phyllis Kizer would love to share with you the fun, simple “Nine-Patch Pizzazz” technique that they have used to create some very delightful quilts. This is a beginner-friendly endeavor that quilters of any level will enjoy!

To meet fair-use criteria with respect to Judy Sisneros, each person participating in the class should have their own copy of her book, “9-Patch Pizzazz: Fun, Fast, and Finished in a Day.” This is an older book, but is readily available both as a paperback and a digital file from many online sources.

Participants will need a panel that they are willing to cut up, along with a few fabrics that have been selected to go well with the panel. Landscape panels or ones featuring sea life (as in the samples shown) are ideal.

Supply List:

1. Fabric
• 1 ½ yards focus fabric
• ½ yard second focus fabric
• ½ yard each of two companion fabrics
• ½ yard for inner border
• 1 yard for outer border
• 1 ½ yard flannel for design wall

2. Notions
• Rotary cutter
• Medium mat
• 12 ½” square ruler
• 6” x 12” ruler
• Thread to blend with fabrics
• Seam ripper
• Straight pins

3. Sewing machine in good working condition with a new needle

4. Paper & pen for notetaking

5. Book: 9-Patch Pizzazz by Judy Sisneros
Before class read pages 4-10