More Irish tangles, with both applique and quilting included. The pieced blocks are easy, the applique is only a small portion of the quilt.
Love the first …
…. and the second!
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More Irish tangles, with both applique and quilting included. The pieced blocks are easy, the applique is only a small portion of the quilt.
Love the first …
…. and the second!
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Pink and dark grey is an unusual combination, but I like that it makes pink a bit more masculine than usual.
Pink and lighter grey is a much more likable combination for ladies.
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Irish Chain blocks leave space for some quilting or applique, and I started playing a few days ago. It is not the first time I have played, but this time I have also decided I should make full use of the motifs layer in Electric Quilt.
The applique block designs I wanted to use I have changed to Motifs, or applique with no background fabric, and also saved a variety of basic straight settings with all three layers, and plan to add more as it is a great time saver to have them ready to use.
There are two options ...
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Interesting. Not my colours, too much piecing, but I really like it!
Like this one more than the first.
Still like the middle one best.
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Love it … love green, love quilting, love designs which are not your average design.
Ditto the above!!
read moreBasic piecing, interesting design.
More interesting than the first.
The final design for the day, and my favourite.
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Interesting!
Amazing what can happen when you mix up Single Irish Chain, Double irish Chain and Triple Irish Chain blocks!
read moreWe interrupt our Christmas in July/August paper piecing project to present a palette-cleansing scrappy, double Irish chain, low-volume quilt finish.
Cindy and I were estate sale shopping last year (or the year before — is your concept of time messed up too????) and I stumbled on an old quilt in need of some love. The quilt was in pretty rough shape, but it just called to me. I bought it for the tag price of $5 because I loved the uniform bold blue squares and the clever quilting. I mention the quilting because what looks like many small white pieces ...
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Single, Double and Triple Irish Chain blocks all mixed up … and I like the results.
Still liking it.
Still liking it even though there are no Double Irish Chain blocks in the last design.
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