Friday, March 17, 2023

Creativity in Quilting: An Irish Chain Design

Irish chain is a very traditional quilt pattern.  However, today's photos show that Irish Chain quilts can have stunning visual impact! The use of patterned batik fabrics, and innovative embroidery designs, created an outstanding quilt.

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Southwest Twilling Irish Chain by Nancy Landon, quilted by Brenda Smitley

Nancy Landon created a beautiful double Irish Chain quilt and then embellished the open spaces with 12 different circular embroidery designs, as shown in the closeup photos below.

Nancy created her embroidery designs based on photos of classic or old Southwest Indian pottery and baskets. Twilling is an old European embroidery stitch that makes a knot-like raised texture. (You can find a description of twilling by Mary Corbet on her  Needle n' Thread website.)

Photos of Southwest Twilling Irish Chain were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2023 Tucson Quilters Guild show. This quilt was awarded a 3rd Place ribbon in the "Other Techniques" category in the show.
 

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Image credits: Photos of the Southwest Twilling Irish Chain were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2023 Tucson Quilters Guild show.

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