Blue and white irish chain quilts

As you may have noticed, lately, I can't get enough of simple and traditional quilts- and what's more simple (and beautiful) than the Irish chain? This one uses slightly larger squares to make it an extra speedy finish :-) NB: If you want to make a small throw/ large crib size Irish chain, you can

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You can never go wrong with a classic! Make a gorgeous traditional Irish chain quilt in luxurious shades of navy and snowy white with this China Blue Irish Chain Quilt Pattern. Made using the simple 9 patch block, this free quilt pattern comes with downloadable instructions and finishes at the perfect size for a lap or throw quilt. The fabrics used in this quilt are inspired by antique china, meaning it's a fantastic project if you've been searching for a traditional quilt pattern with a fun…

I decided to go ahead and make a scrappy blues 2.5” strips based Double Irish as the first one of these Irish Quilts I might make this year with my 2.5” strips. I did make this one quite large, however. With an Irish chain, the chain works the best and appears more even, if you use an odd number o

Double Irish Chain May 31, 1933-In contrast to yesterday's very new block, the Double Irish Chain is a very old pattern. Nancy Cabot s...

Remember I wanted to explore a whole series of Irish Chain quilts? A while ago I wrote about it. I want to do a series of quilts featuring the various Irish Chain looks and be able to share it all at once with you all. Obviously I can’t do them and then wait to share them all in one blog post - th

You're going to enjoy this week's BLOCK Friday as we take an in-depth look at the Irish Chain quilt. Here are some excellent examples of Irish Chain quilts and a wonderful lesson on their history. We have this Irish to thank for this! Here's why...

Another day, another quilt made of lots of squares. But for this quilt, the squares are quite large AND we are using strip piecing so this quilt comes together pretty quickly! I made the 16 block quilt which is 75” x 75” - a lovely large throw size. I am sure this is a traditional quilt block but

Here's the result of the sneak peak of blue and white I showed on the previous post. It went together fast, and is so satisfying to be able to post a finish in 3 days. (Actually, I had it done yesterday; I just couldn't find time to get to the computer to blog about it!) It does not take borders, according to the pattern I used, which came from Quilts and More, Winter 2009. It's the cover quilt called Rhapsody in Blue. Off to a retirement meeting with DH this morning! Happy Quilting…