Irish Chain
It's a finish!
66 x 78
I made this quilt top in April 2019. The Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month then was aqua and I noticed I had a lot of aqua scraps so I turned them into an Irish Chain.
Most of the black pieces were from a swap of half width of black and white fabric strips cut at 2.5 inches. That provided quite a variety of different fabrics and I emptied a small shoe box that held those black white fabrics.
I quilted it very simply with diagonal lines on my DSM. I used aqua thread in the aqua spaces and black thread through the black squares. I made a scrappy black and white binding.
I used a black and white paisley print with pink accents on the back. I didn't have quite enough so I filled in with an aqua scrap. It's a weird big print - a mix of butterflies and steam punk, I guess, with a few roaches thrown in. I think I bought it as a remnant and it was all rolled up so I didn't see it in all it's creepy glory.
35 comments:
Love the aqua colours in your quilt. I still think “turquoise” rather than ”aqua” for this colour name but perhaps that’s showing my age? Great quilt and good that you used those black strips.
Those teals seem to glow! What a perfect finish for March! Sandy at sewhigh.blogspot.com
What a gorgeous quilt (and it's my most favourite colour too). Great finish!
A lovely quilt in those beautiful blues.
looks great - love those blue colors
Oh, you know that I love those colors - three of the Dumpster Diving quilts feature aquas and teals. Congrats on a super finish -- I may borrow this idea for one of my waiting fabric pulls. We'll see.
Simple is best! Beautiful.
Whoever said you have to have a contrasting color to add interest needs to see this beauty! Good job. ---"Love"
Love the colors in this one. May be my favorite.
Another fabulous finish! You continue to amaze and delight!
very pretty....
Beautiful! So rich looking.:)
Love it
Gayle said it beautifully! I too am continuously amazed.
The turquoise and black remind me of the baby quilts I made in January. It's an unexpectedly beautiful combination. As I think about it, this is what natural turquoise looks like. Congratulations.
So beautiful - and the colour is amazing!
What a gorgeous quilt! Love turquoise! What is the size of your 9 patches?
It's beautiful! Love these colors and the pattern shows them off well.
xx, Carol
I love this one - that combination of colors is beautiful!!
A great finish. Definitely think that nine patches are the answer to scraps, look so good put together no matter what mix of fabrics.
I love that! I would have never thought to use a color for a background instead of the tradition white. Very cool!
Your nine patch just glows! Congratulations on a great finish. Fun/interesting backing too.
You've had some really wonderful finishes lately! I'm just catching up on blog posts and am tickled to see so many of your quilts coming to fruition :)
I love all the aqua fabrics--a color I don't usually have much of. Beautiful finish!
Congrats on this beautiful finish. I was really impressed before I started to read the post. I was thinking "we are at the beginning of the aqua month and this girl has finished her quilt ALREADY!!??" Your timing is perfect. ;^)
congrats on a great finish
that's a fantastic quilt! (and i'm also pretty impressed with your DEEP aqua stash!)
This is so pretty! And to think it was all made from scraps, too.
Insert all the heart eyes here. I don’t know how I missed this before, but I LOVE it!
The back is a perfect spot for creepy bugs. Love that you have a finish! The blue greens look great with black for contrast.
That's a pretty one, Cathy! I like all the different turquoise fabrics paired with black and white. Nice finish!
Love all those teals. What a beautiful finish!
Absolutely gorgeous finish!!! Just like Cathy said - insert heart eyes emoji here :-)
Such beautiful colors all used together. Such a marvelous quilt, well done!
Fabulous finish, both front and back! Hope your week is going good!
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