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Focus on Design - Irish Chain Quilts
Focus on Design is back!! The Focus on Design Diva took a
trip to Houston to stock up on features, focus, fabric, friends, and fun. To the Newbies ... Focus on Design is a very occasional feature of RCTQ. When you least expect it, I present a topic of discussion to the group. The topic is not about stash, Sm, MIL, scissors, HQ, the flu, elections, etc. It is okay to talk about that stuff, but not in this thread please. This thread is a FOCUS on DESIGN! This week's (month's?) topic is ... FOCUS on IRISH CHAIN QUILTS! I've made 2 simple single Irish Chain Quilts. One has the Nine Patch Block alternating with a plain block. (This is a former UFO, now a WIP.) The other is a small WH with House blocks alternating. It won a blue ribbon once upon a time! Let's talk about Irish Chain Quilts. Here are some links to get started. PAT in VA/USA http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/...504884,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_resource...371647,00.html http://search.netscape.com/ns/search...Page=NSCPIndex |
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I love Irish Chain Quilts. Simple to piece, nice plain spots to quilt
on, and easy-peasy to make. Hmm, It's about time I did another. Maureen Pat in Virginia wrote: Focus on Design is back!! The Focus on Design Diva took a trip to Houston to stock up on features, focus, fabric, friends, and fun. To the Newbies ... Focus on Design is a very occasional feature of RCTQ. When you least expect it, I present a topic of discussion to the group. The topic is not about stash, Sm, MIL, scissors, HQ, the flu, elections, etc. It is okay to talk about that stuff, but not in this thread please. This thread is a FOCUS on DESIGN! This week's (month's?) topic is ... FOCUS on IRISH CHAIN QUILTS! I've made 2 simple single Irish Chain Quilts. One has the Nine Patch Block alternating with a plain block. (This is a former UFO, now a WIP.) The other is a small WH with House blocks alternating. It won a blue ribbon once upon a time! Let's talk about Irish Chain Quilts. Here are some links to get started. PAT in VA/USA http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/...504884,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_resource...371647,00.html http://search.netscape.com/ns/search...Page=NSCPIndex |
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My Irish Chain has been on my bed for at least three years.......time for
something new? I bought a packet of 32 fat eighths of 30's/40's repro prints on sale for 1/2 price. Then saw a pattern for an Irish Chain quilt made with these same fabrics. I had enough for the quilt! Just needed to buy the off white background and some plain color blue to go with it. Mine was machine quilted by a long arm quilter.........and I loved it even more after it was quilted. Betty in WI "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:9inmd.1$D26.0@lakeread03... Focus on Design is back!! The Focus on Design Diva took a trip to Houston to stock up on features, focus, fabric, friends, and fun. To the Newbies ... Focus on Design is a very occasional feature of RCTQ. When you least expect it, I present a topic of discussion to the group. The topic is not about stash, Sm, MIL, scissors, HQ, the flu, elections, etc. It is okay to talk about that stuff, but not in this thread please. This thread is a FOCUS on DESIGN! This week's (month's?) topic is ... FOCUS on IRISH CHAIN QUILTS! I've made 2 simple single Irish Chain Quilts. One has the Nine Patch Block alternating with a plain block. (This is a former UFO, now a WIP.) The other is a small WH with House blocks alternating. It won a blue ribbon once upon a time! Let's talk about Irish Chain Quilts. Here are some links to get started. PAT in VA/USA http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/...504884,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_resource...371647,00.html http://search.netscape.com/ns/search...Page=NSCPIndex |
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Its a wonderful design, lending itself to wonderful interpetations of color,
texture and design in the *blank* areas. I must make one when I have enough different purples. Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:9inmd.1$D26.0@lakeread03... Focus on Design is back!! The Focus on Design Diva took a trip to Houston to stock up on features, focus, fabric, friends, and fun. To the Newbies ... Focus on Design is a very occasional feature of RCTQ. When you least expect it, I present a topic of discussion to the group. The topic is not about stash, Sm, MIL, scissors, HQ, the flu, elections, etc. It is okay to talk about that stuff, but not in this thread please. This thread is a FOCUS on DESIGN! This week's (month's?) topic is ... FOCUS on IRISH CHAIN QUILTS! I've made 2 simple single Irish Chain Quilts. One has the Nine Patch Block alternating with a plain block. (This is a former UFO, now a WIP.) The other is a small WH with House blocks alternating. It won a blue ribbon once upon a time! Let's talk about Irish Chain Quilts. Here are some links to get started. PAT in VA/USA http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/...504884,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_resource...V_3314_1371647 ,00.html http://search.netscape.com/ns/search...x=11&y=10&st=w ebresults&fromPage=NSCPIndex |
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Irish Chain was my first quilt. I bought the Quilt in the Day by Eleanor
Burns. She makes everything so easy to do. Anyway. I don't know how many Irish Chains I did. Since it was the only thing I really knew how to do. I found that all my friends started having babies about this time, and they all got Irish Chain baby size quilts. So easy and quick and everybody oohs and aahs over them. They think we sew every little square together. If they only knew how easy it really is . . . joysjane |
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This pattern is on my eventual to do list. I would like to do it in two
colors, as I really love this in blue on white (all the ones I have seen in this style). I may not do it in blue- I may do purple or green or even black and white, or green on creamy yellow, and I would like to hand quilt it with feather circles, because that's just beautiful. This pattern is a classic example of how simple can be gorgeous, and all that white space is great for showing off one's quilting skills, or is a great place to put an embroidered or applique design. -georg |
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I have the Quilt in a Day Irish Chain book and have done 2 queen size
quilts and at least 2 crib size. One of the queen size was the Double Irish Chain; the rest were all single Irish chain. I did the seminole border on the queen size Single Irish Chain. For the crib sized ones, I used a bright print for the large squares, and a bright solid for the chain squares. Julia in MN -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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Hi, Pat, my Double Irish Chain is still on Elena'a site:
http://www.picturetrail.com. In the box write: lnw7. Scroll down to Nancycog in MD 21 pics. It's the last one. It was made for my Irish-descent DMIL ( now passed on) and had all her GC and GGC names in the white blocks. It's easy, fast and one of my favorites..nice and graphic. BTW haven't heard from Elena in a while. She still around?? Nancycog in MD |
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In article 9inmd.1$D26.0@lakeread03,
Pat in Virginia wrote: Focus on Design is back!! The Focus on Design Diva took a trip to Houston to stock up on features, focus, fabric, friends, and fun. To the Newbies ... Focus on Design is a very occasional feature of RCTQ. When you least expect it, I present a topic of discussion to the group. The topic is not about stash, Sm, MIL, scissors, HQ, the flu, elections, etc. It is okay to talk about that stuff, but not in this thread please. This thread is a FOCUS on DESIGN! This week's (month's?) topic is ... FOCUS on IRISH CHAIN QUILTS! I've made 2 simple single Irish Chain Quilts. One has the Nine Patch Block alternating with a plain block. (This is a former UFO, now a WIP.) The other is a small WH with House blocks alternating. It won a blue ribbon once upon a time! Let's talk about Irish Chain Quilts. Here are some links to get started. PAT in VA/USA http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/...504884,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_resource...3314_1371647,0 0.html http://search.netscape.com/ns/search...11&y=10&st=web results&fromPage=NSCPIndex I've made one of these, and I used the blank center portions as a place to put photos -- back in 1994, when printing our own wasn't as easy. g As a result, I had them professionally done. Anyway, the quilt was a huge success with DD#2, for whom it was designed; I probably should do another, since it's such a timeless pattern. My attempt is pictured at http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/photoquilts.html; it's the second one on the page. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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I love the look of Irish chain quilts. One of these days I plan to
make one (probably a triple) with St. Patrick's day fabrics and white. The "open" areas will alternate white and green with Celtic interlace done with fusible bias in green and silver. There is one that I am working on, or need to finish anyway that is a variation of an Irish Chain, will try and get it finished this year so all can see. Pati, in Phx Pat in Virginia wrote: Focus on Design is back!! The Focus on Design Diva took a trip to Houston to stock up on features, focus, fabric, friends, and fun. To the Newbies ... Focus on Design is a very occasional feature of RCTQ. When you least expect it, I present a topic of discussion to the group. The topic is not about stash, Sm, MIL, scissors, HQ, the flu, elections, etc. It is okay to talk about that stuff, but not in this thread please. This thread is a FOCUS on DESIGN! This week's (month's?) topic is ... FOCUS on IRISH CHAIN QUILTS! I've made 2 simple single Irish Chain Quilts. One has the Nine Patch Block alternating with a plain block. (This is a former UFO, now a WIP.) The other is a small WH with House blocks alternating. It won a blue ribbon once upon a time! Let's talk about Irish Chain Quilts. Here are some links to get started. PAT in VA/USA http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/...504884,00.html http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_resource...371647,00.html http://search.netscape.com/ns/search...Page=NSCPIndex |
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