June Dudley talks about Lee Heinrich’s piece “Chain Reaction” from Quiltmakers Magazine in March 2012. She also covers different versions of this piece made by Bonnie Stapleton, Melissa Radtke, and Donna Hanley. You can learn how to make this piece with the new sizes from precut 2 ½ inch strips.
21 Responses to “Chain Reaction Quilt Patterns”
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Making Scrap Quilts with Torn Bits and Strips
Heather Thomas talks about using torn bits and scraps of leftover fabric on smaller quilting projects to create fun, unique pieces. She shows several examples of her own work, including a project that she based off of her daughter’s scribbling and a few pieces that contain schlubs, or thread that gets left behind in the…
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Quilting with Alternative Fabric
Heather Thomas shows you several examples of quilts that utilize alternative fabrics, or fabrics that you don’t typically consider for quilting, including metals, silks and wools. By varying the fabrics that you use on your quilts, you’ll find that you can create fun pieces that are unique and eye-catching.
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Choosing Between Black and White Quilt Backgrounds
Heather Thomas demonstrates how to efficiently determine what color you want your quilt background to be. Find out how important that negative space is for your finished quilt. See what happens when you use black or white with certain colors. Use these tips to best choose the background color that will behave the way you…
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Make Your Own Applique Quilt Patterns
Kelly Hanson gives us some ideas for thoughtful holiday gifts for loved ones. Instead of buying an applique pattern from the store, try creating your own! In this video, watch as Kelly creates an applique snowman as part of a fun gift for her grandchildren, and gives us some other ideas to get started on…
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Interesting pattern and good directions, but she should have shown the 3 quilts she described in the beginning, as well as the one she mentioned that used the leftover pieces in the border. I was disappointed they weren’t shown after she talked about them as if she was about to show them.
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I agree. I was looking all over the place for the example quilts she was talking about and could not find them anywhere. She should have showed them in the video if she was going to reference them.
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She talked about examples and the examples never got edited into the video. You lost me in the beginning.
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I agree
Me too!
Where can I get the pattern for the Chain Reaction Quilt prefer it written to video?
Hi Linda. We are sorry, but we do not have the pattern for this.
I’m lost because she starts on hers before I’ve even seen one even though she kept saying as you see or as we can see.
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She needs to be a little more organized. She really needs to show examples that she talks about. As a teacher, myself, she needs to have more confidence in herself. It was hard to stay interested as she was very monotone with her teaching.
It would have been really nice to see the quilts she was describing in the beginning of the tutorial.
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Jean
National Quilters Circle Video Membership
Thanks for this video – I enjoyed watching it! Interesting pattern & I love the idea of using the “scraps” in the border of the quilt – I frequently try to do that.
Just saw this video, and the quilt turned out so pretty. I too would have liked seeing the examples she mentioned in the video, as I couldn’t visualize what the quilt would look like. I think she did a good job of explaining the steps, including examples of some mistakes to be aware of. Thanks for this. I will keep this pattern in mind when I get some pretty jelly rolls.
I definitely was disappointed that we did not get to see the other quilts mentioned. Also it says we can learn to make this quilt but doesn’t say where to go. I see you mentioned you did not have the pattern
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Sarah
National Quilters Circle Video Membership
Loved this video!! Makes me want to go right home take out all those jelly rolls and strip sets I purchased and never used yet! I’ll just now have to purchase some 10” squares to make it real easy!!
It sounded like we were supposed to see the variety of quilts but they were never shown. Disappointing