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Color Options from American Patchwork & Quilting April 2010

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Garden Paths Color Option

Starry Irish Chain

Quilt tester Laura Boehnke used a mottled dark brown background in both the Irish Chain and star blocks, causing them to bled rather than stand out as separate unites. “A consistent background allows the stars and Irish Chain ‘paths’ to really pop,” she says. The retro-inspired prints are from the Penny Lane collection from Hoffman California Fabrics.

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