Thursday, June 11, 2026

Irish Chain Top


It's a top!
Irish Chain
52.5 x 73.5


I'm trying to empty a box of 4 inch width scraps that I have accumulated over the years from others. I usually have a couple of Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects going for each width of scraps but sometimes I just have so many odd lengths of different colors so I decide to just see how many comfort quilts I can make to empty the box. 

For this quilt all of the black pieces in the Nine Patches came from the 4 inch width scrap box. Most of the gray pieces in the Nine Patches also came from the 4 inch width scrap box. 

For the large squares I was thinking I had enough of that gray with those fancy circles. In the back of my mind I was thinking the Nine Patches were 7.5 inches unfinished and not 11 inches unfinished. Good thing I caught my mistake before I cut any gray chunks. 




And sew on...

The box of 4 inch width scraps I've been working from is a large flat rate USPS box. 

So far I've made the following tops/block sets with scraps in that box:

1. Yankee Puzzle Top


3. Blue/Orange Four Patch Top (also added orange solid)

4. Basket Weave (also added orange solid)

5. Four Patch and Two Rails (brown, orange, yellow)




9. This top.

I think there will be one more top! Stay tuned! 

4 comments:

Elle said...

Another great flimsy! ohhhhhh one more and an empty box? YIPPEE!!!!

Jenny said...

That's such an impressive list from your 4 inch box, with another one in the wings

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

that type of patchwork can really use up the blocks and look really nice too

Nann said...

Whew! Glad you were able to cut the big squares the correct size!