Anita
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. 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. Here are the patterns I used in this quilt. These two would work as well. I hope you'll keep this idea in mind for when an Irish Chain quilt top comes your way.
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AuthorAnita has a long background rooted in traditional handwork and quiltmaking, which she still enjoys. Archives
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