Friday, April 10, 2015

I is for the Irish Chain block pattern

Here we have a traditional quilt pattern that I believe shows up after the Civil War in the USA.  My image is from wikimedia, and shows a classic blue and white quilt from about 1900 (so they say):


To obtain this overall pattern in a quilt, you need two blocks:
1. alternating blue and white squares
2. a large plain white block with small blue squares pieced into each corner.

This website explains it clearly and gives instructions:

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1 comment:

Chrys Fey said...

I love anything and everything Irish. This is a very handsome block.

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