Hive 1- March Tutorial - Disappearing Nine-Patch for Marie

Dear Friend Bees,

I turn to you this month to help me prepare a quick and easy quilt, that I need "pronto" for a friend. I want a quilt that looks great and has a touch of complexity. I think the Disappearing Nine-Patch offers just that.

Fabric:

I am not too picky for the type of fabric: solids, prints, batiks...

Colors:

...but I am super picky for the colors! I know my friend's color palette, and I'd like to focus on this. Notably, I know blues and violets don't exit in her world i.e. her house😁

Therefore I am presenting different palettes for you to use, or at least get inspired by. I am aiming for:

And yes, brown is fine! 

For those of you who work better with the color wheel, here are the colors I include in the "yes please" and the "no thanks" categories. Please don't introduce blue, turquoise, or violet. I will refer to these colors in the placement of the squares a little further down in the tutorial.

Note on the colors for the center square:

Out of the nine squares you will start with, one will be positioned right in the middle.  I am asking that this center piece not be white. Instead, you may use off-white, cream, or any high value of any of the colors presented in the palette. The idea is to have the center as contrasting to the other fabric used in the composition, while keeping a touch of warmth in the center (I feel pure white is too "cold").

Tutorial: 

The Disappearing Nine-Patch is a classic quilt pattern, loved by beginner quilters. I am sure you have done at least one already in your quilting career. Of course the pattern has been presented many times in  Stash Bees. You may use this tutorial available on the blog. The tutorial dates back to July 2012 in Hive 3!

Step 1:

Gather nine 5"x5" piece of fabric. Use four (different or same) fabrics in the greens, yellow greens and yellows of the color wheel and four (different or same) fabrics from the oranges, reds and pinks of the color wheel. One block, to be used as the center square,  should be high value and contrasting compared to the eight (8) other squares.

Step 2:

Place your nine blocks in a square of three squares by three squares. The squares with the fabric in the greens, yellow greens and yellows of the color wheel, along with the center square, should form a plus sign. The squares with the fabric from the oranges, reds and pinks of the color wheel should be in each corner. The center square should be the lightest colored fabric. 

Sew your squares in three rows and then sew the three rows together.

Cut the block in half top to bottom and side to side.

Flip the top right square and bottom left square half way so the center of the block is now the light color fabric next to the fabric from the oranges, reds and pinks of the color wheel. Sew all four squares together. The final block should measure 13.25".

Thank you so much for your help!

Marie