.....yes. more on the nine patch. because i simply asked myself ( even if it sounds silly...) what if all nine patches were the same color? ...is is still a nine patch? right after that i started asking a lot more questions. so there will be more of these. paula is doing some great 9 patch what-iffing. she did this which has me thinking that the nine patch is a frame. it has a center and that is one of the things that is so pleasing about it. and now she is continuing (scroll down a bit). i am enjoying her thought patterns. i have made a nine patch category. lots to do here.
.....so i immedaiately moved on to asking what if (?) i create the alternating element in the nine patch with texture. quilting. alternating stitched and not stitched. i have purposely quilted this to a dark background because thise shadowy boxes have caught my fancy. the cotton muslin squares are 1.75".