Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Single Irish Chain - Back


Single Irish Chain - Back, originally uploaded by sailbit.
Here is a sneak peek of my Sashiko-inspired quilting along my Single Irish Chain. The top is cream with scrappy oriental fabrics forming the chain, so I thought a dark navy backing would make it all look pretty neat.

The quilt inspector approves.

So far I'm enjoying the chain motif - I'm not sure whether to call it an orange peel, a cathedral window, or 'round shaped seven treasures'. Who knows! I seem to have found a way that is comfortable to move along the chains for FMQ and that's a big deal; less stress on the arms and shoulders means more quilting!

But you know with all that lovely creamy muslin space --- I'm just going to have to do feathers.

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