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Irish Chain Quilts

3/24/2021

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Before March is over, I thought I'd take a minute and talk about patterns for an Irish Chain quilt. People often are in search of a pattern designed to fit inside the blank square, with all of it's pointy edges. The patterns shown below, are drawn to fit that way.

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Jen's Irish Chain is a typical block with pattern extending into all of the little corners.
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The Irish Chain Fill block extends into the corners and has an open center to accommodate blocks with applique or embroidery in the center.

But when I quilted the quilt shown here, I wanted to use more traditional feathers. By quilting straight lines through the chain and another line into the white areas, I changed the open space from pointy to a simple square and my Square Feather block fit perfectly. And since my Amish Feather Border matches it, I only had to make two design decisions for the whole quilt. Using a block and a border from the same set is a Quick Custom idea and I'm very happy with the traditional look of this quilt.
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Here are the patterns I used in this quilt.
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Infinite Feathers
​Large Square Feather
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Infinite Feathers Amish Feather Border and Corner

These two would work as well.
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Leaf and Feather Set
large block
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Leaf and Feather Border

I hope you'll keep this idea in mind for when an Irish Chain quilt top comes your way.
​Anita

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    Anita has a long background rooted in traditional handwork and quiltmaking, which she still enjoys.

    Often, these days, you'll find her digitizing patterns for the Statler Stitcher and other computerized longarm quilting machines. 
     
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