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Quilting: Irish Chain miniature quilt 21 x 21'
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Irish Chain miniature quilt 21 x 21"

Pattern Info

Pattern info for this project can be found here:
Irish Chain »
Difficulty:

Category: Quilting

Type of item: Home Decor

For: Home

Style: Traditional, Casual, Classic, Retro / Vintage

Materials

Two coordinating cotton prints, Warm & Natural batting

What was your inspiration?

Always wanted to try an Irish Chain pattern. Wanted to execute it in traditional 'Irish' greens and white. These prints were perfect for my purpose. It is hand quilted.

What are you most proud of?

Love the crisp, clean look.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

I used 3-1/2" whole squares, and 1-1/2" strips sewn together to make up the strips needed for the 9-patch blocks. The Simplicity tutorial shows how they go together. Mine is a miniature quilt for a table topper or wall hanging, so I had to downsize the block size accordingly. It is a cute little miniature quilt.

 

11 comments

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bzyquilter on craftsy.com
bzyquilter
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I always wanted to do an Irish chain too. This is inspiring! Very nice!
Luv2sew96 on craftsy.com
Luv2sew96
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This looks like a perfect small project to try!!
nurhal taner on craftsy.com
nurhal taner
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I like it.what a beautiful work!
Linda Nickerson on craftsy.com
Linda Nickerson
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I agree about the crisp, clean look. Sometimes less is more - that's why I love the Irish Chain pattern. Simply elegant. Very nice:)
kooka on craftsy.com
kooka
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
love the miniture quilt...as a relative beginner it would be good for quilting practise.
dottyeb on craftsy.com
dottyeb
Jan 27, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
If you plan on hand quilting it, this is a good one to start on. All that is required is quilt an "X" over each square, i.e. one large on over the large square, and then smaller 'X's' over each smaller square. It is also a very simple quilt to piece together. Good luck on your venture, whatever quilt you choose.
quiltmeup on craftsy.com
quiltmeup
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I have made this quilt before....if fact I have a King Size one on my bed and I love this pattern...it is a good pattern for new or beginning quilters.....will use this pattern again and again....yours looks fabulous
Granny Marsha on craftsy.com
Granny Marsha
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love the simplicity of it! Good work!
Beka on craftsy.com
Beka
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I'm a fairly new quilter but this looks like one that I could do. I love the greens and may make one similar to yours. I also like to make baby quilts with the name, date and other info about the baby's birth, this would make a cute pattern for both boys and girls and I could embroider the information in the bigger plain blocks and even embroider animals or something in the other bigger squares. I hand sew everything so it takes awhile to make so this is a perfect pattern for my interests. Thanks for sharing your quilt. It turned out wonderfully.
moondancer704 on craftsy.com
moondancer704
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
LOVE IT !!!! Perfect example of less is more. Clean look with only 2 colors. Great job!
piperwife77280 on craftsy.com
piperwife77280
Jan 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very nice. Just the table topper I was looking for!

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