I have been away!
First, we went to a Doobie Brothers/Eagles concert in Seattle with my sister & her husband. That was a lot of fun! Then my husband & I went down to the Oregon Coast for a few days. We had wonderful weather and many long walks on the beach. There was also a bit of whale watching, but nothing really close.
I did get the scrappy Irish chain pieced together and will hopefully get it quilted later this month. This quilt is made with scraps from other people. I’m not saying that you won’t find any of my own scraps in this quilt, but they are few and far between! However, this is not a UFO … I started it in January while at a quilt retreat. It was a “Leader & Enders” project until I had all the 49 patch blocks done. Then it was sewn together.
This quilt is adapted from Bonnie Hunter’s “Happily Scrappily Irish” that can be found in her book “Adventures with Leaders and Enders.” I made it smaller than Bonnie’s and I’m not going to put a border on it. If you’re interested in buying this book, it is no longer being printed, but Bonnie has them for sale on her website, Quiltville.com It is a book worth having!
Link-ups
To see what others in the quilty world are working on wander over to these blogs:
- Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
- Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts
- Finished or Not @ Busy Hands Quilts
- Let’s Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
- Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
Happy Quilting
Gail
Quilting Gail 
What a great use of scraps. Looks wonderful!
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Hi Lori, it is a great use of scraps … however, I’ve come to realize that if I use other people’s scraps, it doesn’t decrease my own scraps! Ha!
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LOL, Very true.
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I’ve made several Irish Chain quilts. LOVE your scrappy version!!!
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Thank you! I’ve done a couple of scrappy ones now! They are way more fun than a planned consistent one! 🙂
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Love this happy Irish Chain! I don’t think I need another book, but that quilt makes me think twice!
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Kathleen, It’s a book you won’t regret buying! I’ve made at least 2 of the quilts in it and hopefully, will make more!
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Lovely to see so many different fabrics in one quilt and all playing well together.
Your quilt top looks great!
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Thanks, Karen! I think I’ve discovered a few secrets to multi-fabric scrap quilts. One is to have a lot of white with the all of the fabric coloured variations.
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Hope you enjoyed your time in Seattle. You were up in my neck of the woods. We did a whale watching trip earlier this summer and got very up close and personal with a lone humpback whale. Great job on the scrappy Irish chain quilt. Happy sewing! Andrea
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We did enjoy Seattle! Except for the traffic! If you live in the Pacific Northwest – I’m not too far away … I’m just over the border in Canada!
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It’s beautiful Gail. Have you figured out how you are going to quilt it yet?
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Thanks, Terry! Not sure how it’s going to be quilted. Either feathers or a simple flower that goes out to the edges of the white. But, since I’m in love with feathers these days – that might just rule!
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