Wednesday, June 10, 2015

WIP Wednesday - Reverse Irish Chain

It’s been a busy week over here, what with the 2015 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop and all, but I did manage to find some time to work on my current WIP.


As you can see, I still have some ironing to do.

This fun little project is a pattern I call “Reverse Irish Chain” because, well, that’s what it is. The print fabric and the background fabric are inverted from a traditional Irish Chain. I started with this gorgeous fat quarter bundle of Utopia by Frances Newcombe. The colors are so rich and bright.


After I stared at the fabric for a while, and petted it for a little while more, I cut into it and put it up on my temporary design wall. I’m usually one for a “design bed” or a “design floor” but on special occasions I like to pull out the big guns and hang up some batting; cause I’m fancy like that.


It was pretty much standard Irish Chain patchwork from there; large squares and 9-patches, over and over.

I have a few more rows to add and I’m hoping I’ll have a finished top by Friday. I already have a few ideas for how I’m going to quilt this one.

That’s all for now!

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20 comments:

  1. Love this fabric line, and this pattern is a great way to showcase the prints and colors! Love your "make it work!" design wall; I have a design window myself - a flannel-backed tablecloth clothespinned to a length of rope that I anchored to a curtain rod...amazing what we come up with when we're tired of design floors and beds!

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  2. This looks great! Great way to show off the fabric. I have a space in my workroom that's supposed to be for a design wall, but that hasn't happened. I'm still using a design floor!

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  3. This looks great! I love how it shows off the fabric.

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  4. Very fancy design wall! But it works. Your layout looks great. Can't wait to see it progress.

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  5. Looks great! I hope to make one like this someday!

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  6. Looking so good, Sarah! I love this design and it really allows all your bright and beautiful fabrics to shine. Great progress on this pretty project!

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  7. I really love Utopia and this is the perfect pattern to show these fabrics off! Just gorgeous!!

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    1. Thanks! I agree about this fabric; it just call for a "showcase" pattern.

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  8. I really like this collection of fabrics, so bright and colorful, perfect for the beginning of summer. Beautiful!

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  9. Gorgeous! I like how you reversed the Irish Chain.

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  10. This is really nice way to show off this line. I have been sitting on the same bundle for a while because I
    didn't want to hide it within a lot of seam allowances. Thanks for the visual. I really like the impact.

    Julie @ PInk Doxies

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  11. I LOVE that reverse Irish chain...must get a pattern? Where did you get yours?
    I also want a design wall. I bought white felt but lack the wall space!

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  12. The collection of fabric is beautiful! I am not surprised that you petted them. They look wonderful in the quilt.

    -Soma

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  13. I love the reverse Irish chain, and it really pops in the bright summer palette! I'm curious to see how you are going to quilt it! Looking forward to your finish!

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  14. Oh, Sarah, this is fabulous! I didn't know this was called reverse Irish Chain, but um, yeah, totally. I wold have never said I liked brights, but over the past year, I am more and more, and this one---sigh, divine.

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