Two-Color Irish Chain Quilt-Along: Week 4

Welcome to week 4 of the Two-Color Irish Chain Quilt-Along!

Are you having fun yet?  I love seeing all the different colors you guys are using!

This week we will be sewing, pressing and cutting the B sections for the Checkerboard Blocks!

They are comprised of three color 1 squares and two color 2 squares.

There are two B sections per Checkerboard Block.

There are 32 Checkerboard Blocks in the Twin quilt and

41 Checkerboard Blocks in the Queen quilt.

SECTION B:

TWIN: make 64

QUEEN: make 82

STRIPS NEEDED FOR B SECTIONS:

TWIN:

12 strips, 2½” x WOF (color 1)

8 strips, 2½” x WOF (color 2)

             

QUEEN:

18 strips, 2½” x WOF (color 1)

12 strips, 2½” x WOF (color 2)

Please refer to the week 3 blog post (HERE)

for helpful tips on chain piecing, strip piecing and pressing.

1. Using a 1/4" seam allowance sew pairs of color 1 and color 2 strips together.  

For the Twin quilt, sew 8 pairs together.  For the Queen quilt, sew 12 pairs together.

2. Sew 2 of those strip sets together (alternating colors) 

to make a larger strip set consisting of 4 strips.  For the Twin quilt, make 4 large strip sets.  

For the Queen quilt, make 6 large strip sets.

3. Sew a color 1 strip to a large strip unit, alternating colors.  

Repeat until you have 4 large strip sets (consisting of 5 strips each) 

for the Twin quilt and 6 for the Queen quilt.

4.  Carefully press the seam allowances toward the dark fabric.

5. Subcut the strip set into 2 1/2" increments. Cut 64 B sections for the Twin quilt 

and 82 B sections for the Queen quilt.

That's it for this week!

Let me know if you have any questions!