Thread: Chain Reaction - Final Pic on Page 6

FABULOUS!!!!! That is one beautiful quilt!
Riley

[quote=PatriceJ
well .... if you absolutely insist. :mrgreen: :lol: :mrgreen: [/quote]
I'm not usually the pushy sort, but uhhhh...yeah, I insist! :D :D

Patrice, just caught up with this thread, your quilt is delightful, and you really should take a bow!! :D

Patrice, just caught up with this thread, your quilt is delightful, and you really should take a bow!! :D

Did you use your open toed foot to quilt the fleur de lys???

Originally Posted by PatriceJ

Originally Posted by Steve

Could you maybe please post instructions so I could simply gander, scratch the balding, and leave it be after the notion of maybe? Yikes, it is an amazing piece (in my noggin anywho)! :thumbup:

"advance customers" would get abridged versions, tailored to the finished size they're shooting for, the size squares they're comfortable working with, fabric estimates, step-by-step illustrations, etc. at a significant discount, since i'd use whatever i developed for you as a section in the final e-book.

That's me... advanced customer. Although I swore I would not do another chain for a looooong looong time, I might be enticed back into one by your design...


tim in san jose

Wow! What a beautiful, splendid quilt! :D
I never thought about a special design in the center, either.
Did you quilt as you go? You said you were making the "sandwich"?

How long did this take to make? machine pieced?

I have to make a quilt for my daughter's wedding present, which will be due in October, and I'm looking for something splendid and easy.
Is it possible?

purple

the strips were 2", so the squares finished at 1.5"

the design in the center is not a fleur de lis. it's a medievalish cross-kinda thing. technically, a medievalish x-kinda thing, but i turned it on its side to fit in the white area. the same design is quilted in all the the white centers. i used red thread in the center block and off-white on all the others. yes, i used and open toe foot to quilt that design.

because i'm trying to improve my skills using methods other than QAYG, i only prequilted the centers, trimmed away the batting from behind all but the centers, then assembled the blocks, sandwiched with another layer of batting and a one-piece back. i used polyester batting because i was out of my favorite cotton. machine quilting on polyester batting isn't working well for this particular quilt. it's basted every inch and a half, but even with a walking foot it's giving me fits. i had to put it away for a while or it was headed for the incinerator. :shock: :lol: :x :lol:

i guess by the time i get this one quilted, i'll have the bugs worked out so the other two will go together with less frustration.

it took me about a month to make enough blocks for a HUGE quilt. i'm very, very slow and only have an hour or so each weekday to work on my quilts. the amount of time i have on weekends varies. factor in ripit and recut time.

because of all the different colors and fabrics (3 reds, 1 yellow, 1 green and 2 "whites") i wouldn't say this is an easy quilt. however, i do think you could easily get any size you wanted to make completed by October.

Love those colors! I've done doubles and triples, but nothing that elaborate - I'd be tearing my hair out!

ok ok i get it now (i think ) i have been scratching my head over the pre-quilting part. basically what you did was trapunto right?

a lzay version of kinda sorta trapunto, yes. i didn't cut away in detail ... just the shape of the center "diamond"

WOW! I am inspired to make my irish chain quilt now!
mamakane

Patrice, did you ever get it made into three smaller quilts? Would love to see them if you did :)

WOW!! That is gorgeous!

beautiful! any more pictures yet? :lol:

That is gorgeous!! :D

wow Patrice, that is beautiful

ok ... this is a totally freaky coincidence!

i hauled out the Chain Reaction this weekend to serve as my UFO of the Month for February!

i need to finish hand-quilting the first lap. i sewed together most of the remaining blocks for the second lap. i arranged them incorrectly somehow. sooooo ... it's unsew-resew before i can sandwich it.

whatever's left is getting cobbled together to serve as the center back of a log cabin i'm planning.

i might have something more to show you by Sunday.

Gorgeous quilt!

Beautiful :thumbup:

Really pretty. I love the quilting in the center.

Your quilt is outstanding. Love the quilting & your colors. Enjoy.

Patrice,
That's beautiful! :D

WOW!!!! that looks nice

Very nicely done. :thumbup:

Absolutely gorgeous !!! I have one made a few years ago and plan to make another for oldest Granddaughter, using a yellow or off white maybe instead of white