Single Irish Chain instructions
My mother in law Margie taught me how to quilt a few years ago. Her choice for my first quilt was a Single Irish Chain. Her reason? Simplicity. To this day, if I want to make a quick quilt, I will more than likely make a Single Irish Chain. The quilt above is a baby quilt that measures 33 1/2 by 33 1/2 inches. What makes this pattern so quick is the strips. This is often referred to as "Strip Quilting." For this quilt, you will need two contrasting fabrics such as these red and white fabrics, batting, binding, and a fabric for the back. Simply cut your fabric into 3 and 3/4 inch wide strips and sew them together. For this quilt, I sewed a red strip to a white strip, and another red on the end. Then I sewed a white strip to a red strip and sewed another white strip to the red. Then cut those pressed and sewn three strip wide sets into 3 and 3/4 inch pieces, and pin together and sew. Your goal is to make a nine patch quilt square. If you look at the picture above, you can see the nine patch that I made. Here is an example using purple fabrics:
After making 5 nine patch checker board squares, cut four 10 inch square of the white fabric. Top row is two nine patches with a white square sewn between. The middle row is two white squares with a nine patch sewn in between. And the bottom row is the same as the top row. At this point, press, and sew the rows together. Then use a 3 inch wide strip to make a border. When making a border, always sew the top and then the bottom, followed by the sides. Then sandwich the quilt top to the batting and back, (I used my long arm to quilt them together),\ and sew the binding (I like to use a 2 and 1/2 binding) to finish the quilt. This quilt took approximately 3 hours from beginning to end to complete and makes a great baby quilt, lap quilt, or even a table topper. Or, you could keep on making those nine patches and make a larger quilt. Just like anything else, the more you do this, the easier it gets.
My mother in law Margie taught me how to quilt a few years ago. Her choice for my first quilt was a Single Irish Chain. Her reason? Simplicity. To this day, if I want to make a quick quilt, I will more than likely make a Single Irish Chain. The quilt above is a baby quilt that measures 33 1/2 by 33 1/2 inches. What makes this pattern so quick is the strips. This is often referred to as "Strip Quilting." For this quilt, you will need two contrasting fabrics such as these red and white fabrics, batting, binding, and a fabric for the back. Simply cut your fabric into 3 and 3/4 inch wide strips and sew them together. For this quilt, I sewed a red strip to a white strip, and another red on the end. Then I sewed a white strip to a red strip and sewed another white strip to the red. Then cut those pressed and sewn three strip wide sets into 3 and 3/4 inch pieces, and pin together and sew. Your goal is to make a nine patch quilt square. If you look at the picture above, you can see the nine patch that I made. Here is an example using purple fabrics:
After making 5 nine patch checker board squares, cut four 10 inch square of the white fabric. Top row is two nine patches with a white square sewn between. The middle row is two white squares with a nine patch sewn in between. And the bottom row is the same as the top row. At this point, press, and sew the rows together. Then use a 3 inch wide strip to make a border. When making a border, always sew the top and then the bottom, followed by the sides. Then sandwich the quilt top to the batting and back, (I used my long arm to quilt them together),\ and sew the binding (I like to use a 2 and 1/2 binding) to finish the quilt. This quilt took approximately 3 hours from beginning to end to complete and makes a great baby quilt, lap quilt, or even a table topper. Or, you could keep on making those nine patches and make a larger quilt. Just like anything else, the more you do this, the easier it gets.
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