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this is the state of my progress on my 

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

 I had just started machine piecing 12 Dresden Plates

 to applique to the center on my B Blocks. 

I have all of the fan blades done

but I can only get a few minutes here and there on my machine,

none of it the last few days.

My sewing machine has been covered.

Mr. Scrapatch has been working when he can on a home improvement project in our living and dining room ...

My Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt has an addition to the plan.

I saw a completed top in the Coriander Quilts Facebook Group 

in lovely 30's fabrics that combined

 the Irish Chain Blocks with Dresden Plates 

and had to borrow the idea. 

A Dresden Plate bed quilt has long been on  my quilty list.

The combination of these two blocks was iressistable. 

 Mr. Scrapatch has also been busy on a home improvement project in the living/dining room ...

Design Wall Monday ~ On My Cutting Table

It has been a long, long time since I participated in this blog party 

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quits and Doll Quilts

This is the first block piecing I have done in over a year.

My vision has slowly declined and my hands are achy,

but I am enjoying being back in my happy sewing corner.

I decided the

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap-Along @ Coriander Quilts

was a good way to regain my piecing skills before making a baby quilt

 for my grand-niece. 

Today was a two blocks sewn day and my seams and ...

Today was a good day of scrappy sewing. 

All 12 of my Block Bs are done!

Yesterday and today I made good progress on my 

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along @ Coriander Quilts

Although I love all the random scrappy quilts that I am seeing in the 

Coriander Quilts Group on FB

I decided to go with my third plan for the A Block Layout

 which I posted last week in this post: 

Second & Third Scrappy Thoughts.

I really like the controlled scrappy look for this quilt.

This is my first of revised Block A.

I will need to make 12 ...

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along @ Coriander Quilts

I am working on the 12 of Block B needed for the

Scrappy Irish Chain ~ Free Pattern by Jessie Fincham

 and I do not have much that is new to show, 

so I decided to blog more about Irish Chain Quilt patterns. 

I always like to learn the history behind a traditional quilt pattern.

Here is an interesting read on the 

History of the Irish Chain Pattern @ Womenfolk.com ...

Last night I  finished sewing all the strips for my Block Bs. 

For the first time in a long, long time, 

I was sitting at my machine when midnight arrived.

My days have been busy otherwise. 

Today Nutmeg was a helpful quilty kitty inspector.

Many times she left the comfort of her warm and comfy

  cutting table cat bed to check my work.

that was not purrr-fect.

I pieced ... and yes I did use my seam ripper a few times.

The two strips on the ...

Fabric Pansies! 

After some serious stash spelunking, 

I have uncovered buried treasures.

I cannot tell you when this fabric line was released.

This was one of my favorite Summer Breeze from Sentimental Studios.

In my early stash building days, I would buy a charm pack or layer cake or jelly roll of a new collection that I "had to have" and some yardage of my favorite focus print. What I bought was often determined by my fabric budget at the time. Layer cakes were under $40 when they first came out.

I have cut some of the layer cake.

I ...

My plan for Saturday is to stay warm and sew scrappy.

My quilty corner of the world is under the bitter polar vortex 

that is sweeping through the northeastern USA and eastern Canada. 

Temperatures here dipped to -14 degrees F ( -25C) 

with a wind chill to -40 degrees F.

We are all safe and snug in our little house.

So I am chain piecing ...

The first Block B is done for my 

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

These are big 18.5" blocks unfinished. 

Your can see the lovely leafy details on my creamy white tone on tone background fabric in this photo. 

This free Scrappy Irish Chain pattern may be downloaded in the link below: 

Scrappy Irish Chain ~ Free Pattern by Jessie Fincham

I love the quilting design in Jessie's quilt.

NOTE:

If you are making this quilt, 

there are cutting errors in the original pattern.

Corey Yoder has posted important 

Corrections to the Cutting Instructions Here

Since the original free pattern is ...

I am thinking of limiting my palette and

 hoping to create a secondary design in the chain.

In this layout, I have only blue, yellow and white background colors in my squares.

I have taken out the green scraps and am limiting the green 

to the single fabric in the chain borders

My First Block for my Scrappy Irish Chain 

looks maybe a bit too busy even for my "all scraps are welcome" eyes.

My seam ripper has to find that lightest green square. 

Then this block may turn into a kitty quilt. 

This is ...

My first block is done for my

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along Quilt

This scrappy goodness is being hosted by Corey Yoder.

This is Block A ~1 of 13

Here are her inctructions

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along ~ Part 2 ~ Block Piecing

This is a very big and busy block made of 9 rows of 2.5" squares.

I need to make one of the Block B next so I can see how my fabrics and colors are working.  Right now I cannot see the pattern.  The large neutral background center in the alternate block is really needed as a ...

I have decided to restart my sewing skills by making the 

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

featured in my last post. 

I am making a yellow and blue and green quilt!

I have printed the pattern and Corey Yoder's background fabric cutting chart

Here are the fabrics that I have pulled from my stash. The jelly roll at the top is one of my oldest treasures. I have two charm packs of the prints and a charm pack of the wovens, too.  It is Sunshine by April Cornel for Moda fabrics.  The charms in the front are from a newer ...

Corey Yoder is hosting this free pattern scrap quilt along on her blog

Coriander Quilts 

The first post in the project has information on choosing fabrics and cutting:

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along

 ~ Post 1 ~ Cutting

The second post is already up 

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along ~ Part 2 ~ Block Piecing

Corey has posted very helpful videos on her for this project on her

Corey Yoder YouTube Channel

This is not a Corey Yoder pattern. 

On her posts, she gives the link to the original pattern. 

This free Scrappy Irish Chain pattern may be downloaded in the link below: 

Scrappy ...