Which is nice, because it means that I still love most of my early projects.
I finished the top for this quilt back in 2009. pin basted it a year later, then procrastinated for another two years before I worked up the nerve to quilt it. It was, and still is, one of my absolute favorite quilts and I was afraid of ruining it with my beginning attempts at free-motion quilting.
In hindsight, it's probably a good thing that I waited.
There are at least twenty different brown prints here, most of them purchased just for this project. I did a lot of shopping and searching for just the right colors, which may make it one of the more expensive quilts I've made to date. I don't plan many quilts like that these days. If I can't pull most of it from my scrap bags, it probably isn't going to happen.
I can't tell you how many of my quilts I put off quilting for fear of ruining them with my quilting! One has to love a Double Irish Chain. My very first quilt was one... I can't say that I love it the way I did when I finished it back in 1998. Thanks for linking up with Throwback Thursday @ A Quarter Inch from the Edge!
ReplyDeleteI don't think an Irish chain will ever go out of style--although they will reflect the fabrics of the time. I'm glad you worked up the nerve to finish it even if it did have to wait a few years.
ReplyDeleteIrish Chain quilts are definitely a classic. I love the browns in this quilt. I too understand being afraid to quilt something because I'm so afraid that I will be disappointed by my quilting. When you sink so much time and money in piecing, quilting it can be so stressful.
ReplyDeleteSo Lovely!
ReplyDeleteIt's so pretty. Irish Chains are a favorite of mine but haven't made one yet.
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