Christmas gift quilt
 

Hello Lovely Board!

I love making quilts for my mother in law. She loves quilts and and so naturally I love making them for her.

With all the challenges of getting fabric last year, I decided to gamble with ordering a bolt of calico from Marshall’s Dry Goods. I say gamble because I had never purchased their fabric. Turns out, the fabric was great and I ordered more.

Because I was making a king size quilt, I needed a lot of fabric, therefore ordering an entire bolt made sense. For the background, I used Kona white from a bolt I had on hand.

The pattern is a simple Irish chain and I quilted it on my domestic machine with a walking foot.

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Thanks for looking!

Maude, that's beautiful! I looooove old patterns.

that is beautiful

Very pretty and my favorite “go to” pattern.

You can’t beat the old patterns. Lovely quilt. So nice you have a MIL that appreciates your work

Beautiful quilt! You just can't beat an Irish Chain!

I love your quilt! Simple and pretty.
Question....how did you attach the large picture to your post??

Very pretty!

You did a very lovely Irish Chain on this quilt for your MIL. I am sure she will just love this Christmas gift.

That is so simple, yet very pretty. I love it!

Perfect! Beautiful quilting.

Oh that is wonderful. thanks goodness for walking feet!!! I love mine too. Great quilt!

Really nice and a great accomplishment. Looks wonderful!

So pretty and I bet your MIL loved it. Love the traditional quilt patterns

Beautiful quilt.

I actually have no idea how I was able to do that.

Thank you all for the nice comments. I love traditional quilts so much.

Really beautiful!... my younger sister is my favorite to give quilts to for the very same reason.

Pretty quilt for your MIL.

PS: Love the drapes fabric too. Did you make them?

So sweet! Those simple patterns are wonderful!

Love your simple, but eloquent vintage quilt. Sometimes I forget how the simple patterns really rise to the occasion and shine. Thanks for the reminder!

I love it! Great work. I truly like the fact that quilted it yourself.

That’s a beautiful and cozy looking quilt! 👍