Te piecing in this quilt is basic patchwork and the size is ideal for managing among any sewing stash. An easy finish for an advanced quilter and easy start for any beginner, this Irish chain quilt is ideal as a baby quilt. Te nine patch within a nine patch provides ample quilting space for any quilter interested in experimenting with stitches.


Design: Irish Lass Designer: Mairead O’Gorman Quilter: Valerie Mullally Finished Size: 40” (101.6cm) Square Level:


Note Please read the entire pattern carefully before cutting and sewing. Seam allowances are ¼” throughout. WOF means width of fabric based on 42” width.


MATERIALS


1yd (.9m) cream for blocks ¾yd (.67m) red checker print for border ½yd (.45m) red for blocks and binding ¼yd (.23m) green for border 44” (1.12m) square of backing 44” (1.12m) square of wadding


CUTTING


4 10” squares of cream 20 3¾” squares of cream 125 1⅝” cream squares or 7 1⅝” x WOF strips of cream 2 5” x 31½” strips of red checker 2 5” x 40½” strips of red checker 2 1½” x 29½” strips of green 2 1½” x 31½” strips of green 125 1⅝” red squares or 7 1⅝” x WOF strips of red 5 2½” x WOF red strips


Irish Quilting Issue 16 37 Piecing Evolution


There are five blocks in this quilt that comprise nine patch units of 1⅝” squares. In olden days before rotary cutting, quilters


would cut squares from cardboard templates. In years gone by, rotary cutting has made it possible for quilters to chain sew pairs of squares, speedily one after another. Today, clever quilters are always creating shortcuts in patchwork techniques. For these nine patches, avoid mini-size squares by sewing


1⅝” strips together. Following the first join of two strips, flip the new piece. Pin and sew the third strip. By joining three strips at opposite ends to centre strip, the sewn strips remain flat. Cross cut pieced tri-strips into 1⅝” sections.


Strip Piecing


Sew two sets of red, cream and red strips and one set of cream, red and cream strips. With remaining strips (two red and two cream), cut strips in half to create shortened sets of (2) red, cream and red and (2) cream, red


and cream. Colour coordinate 1⅝” sections and sew together for a total of 25 3¾” nine- patch units.


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