Fours and Nines

More quilts for charity.  Again with those little bits that are too small or too big to toss, and another Beginner and Ender quilt.  I started by collecting squares that were 2.5" or 1.5".  The 15" squares were sewn into 4 patches, which made a block that finished at 2.5".  Those were then randomly selected and sewn together into 9 patch blocks.  I ended up with a few extra blocks and could either make enough more to add another row to the quilt, or I could add them to the outer border.  Border wins!  This quilt needed a border to give your eye a place to rest.  I usually quilt a large meander on charity quilts, just something to finish them, up, with all that lovely black fabric on the outer border, I had to add feathers. 

 

 Look closely, I'm sure you'll recognize fabrics from a quilt that you've received from me!