Another finish
I forgot to post a copy of the purple Irish chain back when I finished it. This pattern came from a book on Amish quilts, which I think I acquired at the old In the Beginning quilt shop in Seattle. My brother-in-law wanted a quilt out of that book but never got one. He did get a mariner's compass wall-hanging, which was a much harder pattern. The purple is a Thimbleberries print from the early to mid 90s, probably purchased at Fabric Boutique in Las Vegas and the beige (also Thimbleberries) was purchased in Jackson, Wyoming in 1996 on our first trip to Yellowstone. The nine patches are quilted with stitch in the ditch, diagonal lines through the purple squares and then a wineglass design around the beige patches. The setting squares have a basic feathered star. This quilt was a couple of firsts: first bed-sized quilt and first feathered star. Oh, and to make the quilting even more difficult, I used two layers of a cotton blend (presumably, but I really don't remember) batting. As a newbie, the quilt sandwich felt sort of limp to me so I took out the basting and added a layer of batting.
