Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt

A finished quilt and a picture post ~

Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt
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My second red and white quilt is finished and another bucket list quilt has been ticked off! I love Irish Chain quilts and as it is a block-based design these quilts really are a lot easier to piece than what you may imagine. I also love tiny patchwork piecing - although at  3/4" finished squares this is not exactly all that tiny - and as such this kind of repetitive piecing suits me perfectly.

In the same way that I quilted my first Red and White Irish Chain Quilt this quilt has been quilted with an all over 3/4" grid. I also chose to mark some of the quilting lines as the distance between seam lines and the patchwork pieces was too great for me to judge a straight line by eye. I used a Clover Water Soluble Marker and a ruler to mark some of the lines prior to basting.

The marked blue lines were easily removed by gently immersing the whole quilt in a tub of cool water (after quilting). Concerned about possible color run from the red and black solid fabrics I did add multiple Color Catcher sheets to the water. Thankfully the fabric was color fast and did not bleed (I don't pre-wash fabric). I then tumble dried the quilt on a gentle setting, giving the quilt a soft and slightly crinkled look and feel. All of the photos in this blog post are of the washed and tumble dried quilt.

For the back of the quilt I have used go-to backing fabric: Newsprint in White from the Story Collection by Carrie Bloomston. The binding fabric is the same as the background fabric used for the quilt top: Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Snow. The binding was attached to the quilt after the quilt had been washed and dried; this simply allowed me to trim off excess batting and accurately square up the quilting after it had been washed/dried.

QUILT STATS

Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt 

Inspired by the Red and White Quilts featured in the book:

Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety: 
Presented by The American Folk Art Museum

Quilt size:
Finished quilt measures 61 inches x 61 inches.

Solid fabric used:

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Snow

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Tomato
Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in Pepper

Thread:

Aurifil 50wt (orange spool) for piecing.

Aurifil 28wt (grey spool) for quilting.

Low Loft Cotton Batting:

Warm & White batting from The Warm Company;

a low loft batting perfect for use with low volume and bright white fabrics.

This quilt is available for purchase from my Etsy Store.

See all the listing details here:
Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt 

I am so very happy with how this quilt turned out although having made three quilts from solid fabric in a row has me wanting to dive back into my stash of printed fabrics for my next quilt!

Thank you for stopping by and scrolling through to see the many photos!
Rita

RELEVANT LINKS:
Red Pepper Quilts Etsy Store
Red and White Double Irish Chain Quilt - Work in Progress (includes example of quilt top construction).
Red and White Irish Chain Quilt - January 2017

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