Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Carolina Chain-ing

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These are the five blocks I've made for Carolina Chain by Bonnie Hunter. My first block seemed to take me forever but I've become much quicker with just a little practice. 

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This quilt is made of dark chain quarter blocks and light chain quarter blocks. Each block is made up of 2 dark and 2 light quarter blocks. This picture shows 12 quarter blocks. I made these blocks into 3 full blocks.

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Here are the 3 blocks. I've made 5 blocks, 67 to go!! This is such a fun project and so enjoyable since I'm just going at my own pace. I really love being able to use my stash.

8 comments:

  1. Love this stash buster. So fun
    Will make an awesome quilt

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  2. this will be lovely--looks tricky to sew together--hugs, Julierose

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    1. Thank you, Julierose! It's not much harder than sewing a 9-patch. There are a few seams to match up but it's not too bad. (So far!!)

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  3. Definitely a perfect pattern for using stash! What is the finished size?

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    1. Thanks, Maureen! It should finish at 77 X 89 1/2. I really love poking through my stash and actually using it!

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    1. I'm taking it nice and slow! Just using up that stash!!

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