It is a quilt pattern called Endless Chain, by Emilie Richards. I first saw a picture of this quilt on the cover of the novel of the same name. I fell in love with the picture of the quilt, and sent away for the pattern for it.
By the way, if you've never read any of her books, I would highly recommend them. Anyway, to continue the story of the quilt, the fabric used for the coloured section of the quilt squares in the pattern was a stripe, but I decided to make my own stripes instead, using my very large supply of scraps and strings. I copied out a blank pattern piece for the coloured wedges, and divided it into sections, and then photocopied a seemingly endless amount of them to use as a guide for string piecing. 
I wanted a uniformity to the size of the strings, rather than random. They were then trimmed and sewn onto the navy blue background pieces, and a hexagon took shape.
Fast forward almost 2 years. According to my blog, I started this quilt on March 3, 2010, and today the last stitches were taken, and the last threads were cut, and there is now a finished quilt top.
This is big enough to fit a double bed. I have deliberately not counted the number of pieces of fabric in here. But, it is 9 rows wide, with 9 hexagons in each row....... 81 hexagons. That's a lot of "Y" seams. I think for my next string project, which I haven't chosen yet, I'll do something a little easier. LOL!! Right now, I'm thinking a combination of strings, incorporated into a regular pattern, like the centers of stars, or something like that, which I can do a few of at a time. Hmmmmmm............. Any other suggestions?
9 comments:
Your quilt (top) is fabulous. thanks for explaining it's construction. Joanne
thanks for the post. From looking at the picture, I thought it was made entirely another way. the big question is this: now that it is done, would you do it again? It looks great, but I know how much work something like this can be.
No, I don't think I would do another of these. I love the way it looks, but there were way to many Y seams to want to do it again. My next one has to be way more simple.
It looks pretty cool. I am new to quilting and have read the term y seam how exactly do you do them?
http//richardquilts.blogspot.com
I made a quilt with that same pattern back in 2006, but I stopped when it was lap-sized. I used yellow and red batiks with a gray background. It was a gift for my Secret Sister. And NO I would never do it again!
I am really impressed that you kept at it to make it so big.
I LOVE this! May have to try making one like it sometime.
That is stunningly beautiful! Well done!
I'm just seeing this quilt top for the first time today and I am so impressed - well worth the effort! Congratulations, it is stunning!!
I love this design. There are so many possibilities. I love the secondary design of a circle!!! Great job.
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