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:

http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/irish-chain-quilt-pattern.html

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