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This Irish Chain flannel baby quilt is easy to make, and will be a welcome gift for mom and baby! |
Irish Chain quilts are easy to make, and if you use soft pastels for your quilt, you can have a baby quilt in a short day, especially if you machine quilt or tie it.
In this quilt, I used 2 inch squares for the patches in the 9 patch blocks, and simple whole squares of fabric to offset the 9 patches.
The 9 patches were strip pieced. I simply stitched 2 1/2 inch strips of fabric together, and then cut them into sections 2 1/2 inches wide, and stitched them back together.
Using pastel colors will create a baby quilt from a traditional quilt design. As you choose your fabric, keep in mind light – medium – dark values. As you can see in this quilt, the light pinks in the upper right and lower left corners blend into the white fabric, making the design of the quilt more in the center rather than extending into those corners.
This quilt is finished using two simple borders – the first is the same fabric as the white used as a background quilt, and the second (outside) border is blue. The binding finishes the quilt, and is a narrow lavender fabric.
The actual step-by-step instructions for this type of quilt construction are detailed in The Beginner’s Guide to Quilting – available in both electronic download and printed versions.
This type of quilt can be made using 100% cotton fabric or flannel. With either type of fabric, using a piece of flannel instead of batting makes a baby quilt especially cuddly and easy to wrap around a baby.
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
Master Quilter
