This is a traditional 9 block with alternating colors as you may see in an Irish chain quilt or Rag quilt with two alternating colors. A very simple block, although you can make some beautiful stuff using this block. To me, simple is good. But in order to spice my latest quilt up a bit, I used a bow tie block (OK, so they call it the Double Necktie Block). In order to make this 9 block into a "bowtie block", you just add small triangles to the corners of adjacent blocks, as shown in this picture. It is really a simple procedure, but it is a time consuming extra step. But worth it, I think, for something a bit different. 
It makes the resulting block look like two bow ties stacked on top of each other. I got this block from my favorite site for finding quilt patterns, the Quilter's Cache. Every time you load a page on that site it plays a new song, so just to warn you to turn down your volume if you are checking this out at work!! :)
OK, well, hope that you are fully inspired to try this block for yourself. And have fun experimenting!!
2 comments:
good explanation
This is hard work! But it is really special. And it looks so good with all the different blue patterns.
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