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Old 04-10-2015, 01:22 PM
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madamekelly
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Originally Posted by luvspaper
I'd look at directions for a triple/double irish chain because they often have great strip quilting tips since they have patch blocks. If you are only doing 2 colors, I would strip piece A/B/A/B/A/B and then the second one would be B/A/B/A/B/A...OR you could just do A/B and then cut but that is more piecing after the cut. I think you would get better seam placement by sewing the six strips first before cutting...you just have to be very careful with your 1/4 inch seam and your pressing to not stretch your strips!

eta: here are the directions for the Triple IC from quilterscache: http://quilterscache.com/T/TripleIrishChainBlock.html Check out page two of the instructions to see how she does a large patch.
( For a 36 patch, using (6) 15" x 2.5" strips, sew a strata A, B, A, B, A, B. Subcut your 6 strata into 2.5" strips, reverse every other one. Easy peasy.) sorry luvspaper, you got there too. I make checkerboards for the kids and this is the easiest way. Makes one block with room for boo boos which I make a lot of. Lol!
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