I've spent most of the past week working on the triple irish chain quilt for the hub's cousin's wedding gift and I've come to a conclusion that I'm really not fond of sewing looooong strips of fabric together. But it does make everything easier, so I pushed through within minimal whining. Well, not really but, yeah... so anyway...
I'm really loving how it's turning out, and still very chuffed that I managed to match the colours the bride-to-be chose on my Kona colour cards almost perfectly. The deep purple / magenta (
it's not showing up quite as purple because of the light, thanks to the rain) is a Moda
Puzzle Pieces, the teal is a print from Aneela Hoey's
Little Apples, and the limey green is a
Jinny Beyer one. I have no idea what the latter is called! And the background is a Timeless Treasures sketch in
Mist.
So instead of following a pattern, I once again sketched the thing up on my computer and graph paper. I had no real idea how many strip combinations to make for each block... it was a lot of figuring it out as I went along. (
Thankfully I know how to calculate fabric!) So I've kept my binder open next to my sewing machine for reference hehe I really ought to figure out a more efficient way of doing things but I guess if it ain't broke, right?
I saw many triple irish chain quilts that look like
this one but I decided to have all the chains close at the ends. I don't know why, but I prefer the look of it. I'm sure I've seen it done like that before, but I can't remember where. And if someone tells me that
Eleanor Burns has an irish chain quilt book... I. WILL. SNAP. (
I'm referring to the unnecessary and snarky comment about my last quilt in the comments -- it's been since deleted because just leave the effing snark on this blog to me, got it?? And get a damn life.)
The blocks are almost all finished, and very soon I'll put them all together and slap a small border (
gasp!!) on it and I'll be done! Whee!
Oh, and the winner of the
book giveaway is
Tricia! (
No, this isn't an April Fool's joke!) Congratulations!!! You can expect an email from me very shortly. And I totally forgot to announce a winner last week... my sis texted me over the weekend and was all "umm hey who won the giveaway on your blog?". Oops. I blame Easter? Chocolate coma?
