Irish chain lap quilt
Small 1" squares link from block to block into a diagonal chain. Exact strip counts make the many small pieces painless.
Blocks: Double nine patch, Plain square. Layout 7 across × 9 down, quilt top 63 × 81".
Fabric requirements
| Moss | 3 yd |
| White | 4⅛ yd |
| Backing | 5⅝ yd |
| Total (⅛ yd extra per fabric) | 12¾ yd |
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Quilting cotton 42" usable width. Batting at least 79 × 97" (Queen (90 × 108")). 1599 pieces in all, 96% of the cut fabric ends up in the quilt.
Make it any size
Every size gets its own exact cutting plan and fabric amounts, worked out again from the blocks, not scaled up by guesswork.
Cutting plan
A · Moss
- Cut 8 strips 4½" × width of fabric for the border.
- Join end to end with straight seams, then cut 2 × 81½", 2 × 71½".
- Cut 9 strips 2½" × width of fabric for the binding.
- Join end to end with diagonal seams, press open, then fold in half lengthwise and press.
- Cut 28 strips 1½" × width of fabric.
- From each strip, cut 28 squares 1½ × 1½" (A1).
- Cut 1 strip 1½" × width of fabric.
- From the strip, cut 16 squares 1½ × 1½" (A1).
B · White
- Cut 7 strips 9½" × width of fabric.
- From each strip, cut 4 squares 9½ × 9½" (B1).
- From the rest of each strip, cut 2 squares 3½ × 3½" (B2), trimming the strip end to 7" first in 2 rows.
- Cut 1 strip 9½" × width of fabric.
- From the strip, cut 3 squares 9½ × 9½" (B1).
- From the rest of the strip, cut 6 squares 3½ × 3½" (B2), trimming the strip end to 7" first in 2 rows.
- From the rest of the strip, cut 12 squares 1½ × 1½" (B3), trimming the strip end to 9" first in 6 rows.
- Cut 9 strips 3½" × width of fabric.
- From each strip, cut 12 squares 3½ × 3½" (B2).
- Cut 22 strips 1½" × width of fabric.
- From each strip, cut 28 squares 1½ × 1½" (B3).
- Cut 1 strip 1½" × width of fabric.
- From the strip, cut 12 squares 1½ × 1½" (B3).
C · Backing
- For the backing, cut 2 pieces 97" long.
- Trim the selvages and join along the long edges with ½" seams.
All cut sizes include ¼" seam allowances. Finishing: backing 79 × 97" in 2 pieces, binding 9 strips × 2½".
Make it yours
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