Finished Irish Chain Quilt + Printable Instructions

Well, it's done and I love it!

My green and white Irish Chain quilt turned out 

just how I envisioned it.

It adds just a little bit of color and vintage charm at the foot of my bed.

I also think it would've been cute had the fabric placement been reversed.

I get asked a lot - 

the green  I used is called "Forest" by Michael Miller (Cotton Couture).

What do you think of my new "homebody" pillow?

I got it at the Corn Wagon Mercantile a few weeks ago.

The Corn Wagon is an awesome quilt shop in Springville, UT. 

and they recently opened a retreat center and mercantile behind the shop.  

The whole place is just a dream.  I definitely want to go back again soon! 

So I mentioned in my last post that I was debating whether or not to do crosshatching 

for the quilting on my quilt.  I decided to splurge and do it and I couldn't be happier!

 It was a bit pricey to do the crosshatching since my quilter basically had to quilt 

it twice but I think it was worth it.  I rarely do custom quilting (which is always more 

expensive) so I thought I would treat myself this time!  I feel like the crosshatching 

has a vintage vibe but is still kind of modern which is exactly the look I was going for!

The quilter I used on this was Denae Hansen of Plain Jane Quilting in American Fork, UT.

She always does a fantastic job and has a pretty quick turnaround time.

I always love her work!

I'm kind of obsessed with my backing fabric.  I went to 4 different fabric stores 

before I found it and the minute I saw it I knew it was the one.  It's called Wildwood
Peonies in Navy by Rifle Paper Co. for Cotton + Steel.  I actually ordered it through
AACottonCreations on Etsy though because the shop here in Utah only had it in canvas.
Are you one to put a lot of thought into your quilt backs or not?
Some people say, "Oh, it's on the back, you won't see it."  

But you do!  And I just want the back to make me as happy as the front.

Remember the labels I got a while back?  They're from Border City Quilts on Etsy.  

They were custom so if you want something similar just tell them you want the 2" x 2" 

cotton fold over labels.  You can pick the font and text.  I got a sheet of 20 for $16 

and I'm very happy with them! 

I'm so glad to have this quilt done so we can enjoy it now. 

I hope you don't mind me sharing a boatload of pictures with you today!

 Please let me know if you have any questions.  I'm also so happy to announce that I have 

the printable, condensed instructions for the two-color Irish Chain quilt HERE (2 size options). 

Happy quilting!