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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Irish Chain

 I have enough blue-green bits and pieces; odds and ends to make an Irish Chain quilt.  I also had a small shoe box of 2.5 inch black and white half width of fabric strips swapped long ago that I figured it was time to use. 

I think I have enough fabric to make it 11 x 13 blocks/66 x 78 inches.  I think an Irish Chain quilt is supposed to have an odd number of rows and columns starting and ending with the nine patches. 
I think I have all the 6.5 inch squares cut and 41 nine patches made. Maybe by next week I can begin top assembly. 

An Irish Chain is what you call a Nine Patch/Snowball quilt when you are too lazy to make Snowballs. 

This is a Trash Talking Irish Chain so named because I know someone who thinks Turquoise/Aqua/Teal, etc. is "trashy". 

I'm making this so I'll have some blue-green scraps to use in the future for: 

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14 comments:

  1. Julie in GAApril 13, 2019 at 6:26 AM

    Another Beautiful chain project to add to the April theme! I look forward to seeing this come together. Love the colors!

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  2. JenniferApril 13, 2019 at 6:37 AM

    what a wonderful collection of aqua/teal/turquoise! full blown stash envy over here...

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  3. JulieroseApril 13, 2019 at 7:26 AM

    So beautiful--love that aqua?/teal?/ blue-green? Anyhoo--just so pretty...hugs, julierose;)))

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  4. MariApril 13, 2019 at 8:19 AM

    Love your blocks! Have fun with your "trashy Irish chain!"

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  5. grammajudybApril 13, 2019 at 9:14 AM

    It's gonna be "gawgus"! I love aqua/teal/turquoise! Even if my true colors are "FALL"!!!

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  6. MareiApril 13, 2019 at 10:00 AM

    "I think" this is going to be cool!

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  7. LIttle Penguin QuiltsApril 13, 2019 at 12:38 PM

    The black and squares are great with your turquoise pieces! I always like to see all the fun scraps you pull out and what you do with them.

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  8. LindaApril 13, 2019 at 5:05 PM

    I'm always amazed by how many different fabrics you have in your Scraps Stash, no matter what colour the RSC is that month. Those little white butterflies are so pretty!

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  9. LouiseApril 13, 2019 at 6:56 PM

    How can a color be trashy?? That's just silly. Too lazy to make snowballs, now THAT I understand.

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  10. gayleApril 13, 2019 at 9:29 PM

    Love your definition! 8)

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  11. The Joyful QuilterApril 13, 2019 at 10:09 PM

    What pretty AQUA scraps!!

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  12. CathyApril 13, 2019 at 11:14 PM

    I’m with Louise - how can a color be trashy? Someone’s just got some negative associations. Anyway, this is going to be another one of your faaaabulous quilts.

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  13. Katie Z.April 14, 2019 at 1:57 PM

    Ooh, this is going to be an amazing quilt! Good work.

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  14. mangozzApril 15, 2019 at 11:54 AM

    Beautiful blues! I love the combination of shades you have chosen. Irish Chains are classic. Like someone else said, I am always amazed at all the different coordinating scraps you seem to pull out of thin air.

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