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Today I am am just so excited to share with you an all time favorite quilt design and I have a special bonus to share along with it!!! (more on that soon) I have made my Braided Irish Chain Quilt so many times because I just love the finish every time and it is just such a fun quilt to make!!! So when I decided to make a new King Size quilt for my own bed (yes, every once and a while I actually make a quilt for myself ) I of course, went back to this favorite!!! And I think this new Breath Expression Batik version might be my all time favorite!!!

You see, My husband absolutely loves the ocean!!! Hawaii is our favorite vacation and I think my sweetheart could snorkel all day :) So when I decided to make a quilt for our bed, I wanted to pick out fabrics that would remind us of the ocean. I instantly feel in love with the Breath Batik Collection. The prints have a "coral under water" vibe to them and I just love all of the soft colors on those beautiful "low volumes". So with all of my beautiful low volume prints, I needed an ocean inspired background!!! And this Expression Batiks Mountain High Delft was the perfect match!!! And doesn't it just bring out all of the colors in the print when it is in the sunshine, so pretty!!! And I am happy to say, my husband absolutely loves it as much as I do, yippee!!!

And while this might look a little complex, the Braided Irish Chain Pattern is truly is a beginner quilt with basic quilting techniques. It uses Strip Piecing for a lot of the patchwork and then 3 basic patchwork blocks that come together to make the "big block" for the design. And depending on the size you choose to make, you can add some sashing around the blocks to add to the braided chain. And isn't that braided chain just so pretty!!!

And remember how I mentioned that special bonus . . . Well today, Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Company is sharing a step by step video tutorial of my Braided Irish Chain Quilt pattern!!! Isn't that just so great. So now if you are a little nervous about following patterns, you can also have Jenny walking you through the whole quilt ;) So get your Braided Irish Chain Pattern in my Etsy Shop and then watch Jenny's Braided Irish Chain Tutorial here at Missouri Star's You Tube Channel and make your own Braided Irish Chain Quilt :)

I have made the King Size Quilt, and Jenny is sharing the Picnic Size Quilt, but like all of my Happy Quilting patterns, the Braided Irish Chain Pattern has multiple size options, so you can make whatever size you like from a baby size all the way to a California King Size ;) And that strip piecing and big blocks means it will come together super quick. But be careful, once you start, you can't make just one, trust me, I know ;) I have a baby size in the works right now as well :)

Oh, and a fun thing about a chain quilt, is you can make the chain pop!!!! When it came time to quilt mine, I opted for small swirls in the background and then to leave the chain unquilted. That super dense quilting in the background just makes each of those little "coral prints" just pop and I love it so much!! It took a little while for all of that dense quilting, but it is so worth the finish look :)

And that is my Braided Irish Chain Quilt featuring the Breath Expression Batik Collection! I hope you have enjoyed this post and make your own Braided Irish Chain Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #braidedirishchainquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquilt...@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Braided Irish Chain Quilts!!

Thank you so much for sharing this finish with me!! I just love getting to Happy Quilt each and every day and I am so grateful to my wonderful friends at Riley Blake for having me here to share my love of quilting with you all!!!

And while this might look a little complex, the Double Dutch Pattern is truly is a beginner quilt with one basic quilting techniques. And that is No-Waste Flying Geese. And if you have never made No-Waste Flying Geese, trust me, you are going to love this method of Flying Geese!!! And as you can see, these Geese are rather on the large size, so you have a little more wiggle room as you learn the technique ;) Two geese paired together make a cute little "house" and 4 make a neighborhood ;)

And when it came time to quilt mine, I opted for all over loose feather. I love how this gives the look of a twisting ivy weaving up the sides of the houses ;) Doesn't it just add to the vintage vibe of this quilt. And I just love how my favorite 402 So Fine blends on all of those happy colors!!

And like all of my Happy Quilting patterns, the the nice thing is, the Dutch Days Pattern has multiple size options, so you can make whatever size you like. This is the picnic size, (which is perfect for a Christmas throw) but you can make it from a baby size all the way to a queen/king size ;) And big blocks means it will come together super quick, so you have more than enough time to make one before Christmas!!!

And that is my Double Dutch Quilt featuring the brand new Up on the Housetop Collection by Teresa Kogut ! I hope you have enjoyed this post and consider making your own Double Dutch Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #doubledutchquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquilt...@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Double Dutch Quilts!!

Today I am super excited to be sharing this beautiful new Playful Posies quilt finish with you featuring the oh so cute Cottage Charm Collection by Kenzie Elston for Poppie Cotton!! And you know how I love adding a dark background to my new quilts to show how they pop . . .well, Playful Posies needed a dark background and how gorgeous are those flowers in Cottage Charm just popping off of the background ;)

This Cottage Charm Quilt is so much fun to make and it is Layer Cake Friendly so you can just grab a stack (or 2 for this size) and add your background fabric. I used Blue Ribbon Dark Blue Country Confetti for my background fabric and yes, I use it a lot!!! It is such a favorite background :) I just love how it makes all of those charming prints just look so bright and happy!!

And while this might look a little difficult, Playful Posies it truly is a great beginner quilt with basic quilting techniques. Just a few different size Stitch and Flip corners to keep track of, and of course, I gave you pressing directions for nested angled seams, my favorite!!!

And once again, I am so thankful to my amazing MIL Barbara. Barbara did the quilting and piecing on this one for me :) And her quilting is just oh so cute!! She quilted echoed paisleys in the background and then all different flowers and vines on the petals. She is just so creative in her quilting ;) It just adds to the charm of the quilt!!

And like all of my Happy Quilting patterns, the the nice thing is, the Playful Posies Pattern has multiple size options, so you can make whatever size you like. This is the picnic size, but you can make it from a baby size all the way to a queen size ;) The bigger the quilt, the more flowers dance across it!!

Today I am so excited to share some new updates to Happy Quilting!!! I have been working on these in the background for some time and am thrilled to have them completed. My hope is that it will be much easier to find exactly what you are looking for when you are searching over 14 years of blogging :) So most everything stars with the new Navigation Bar that can be found directly under the title of my blog. By clicking on any of these links, you are taken to a page with condescend information that links you to blog pages. So let's have a little walk through of the updates so you can find what your looking for at Happy Quilting!!

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