Irish Chain QAL: Finally Finished!

I am so excited that I have finally finished my Irish Chain QAL quilt!  This was a quiltalong led by Melissa at Happy Quilting.  There were 8 weeks of quilt construction and then some extra time at the end to put the quilt together, quilt, and bind it.  I found this quiltalong through one of the blogs that I follow and I am so happy that I did!  I see that Melissa has been having one quiltalong a year and I would definitely join one of her quiltalongs again.  The pattern was great, the work was cut into manageable assignments every week, and she gave great and very detailed instructions every step of the way.  I love the community that online quiltalongs provide and I was very happy to join in this one.

Here is my finished quilt!

 It is 50" square (each block is 10" square).  I quilted it in a meandering pattern with variegated rainbow thread and bound it with a fun rainbow stripe pattern.

Here is the back, you can see the quilting better:

The black solid fabric I wanted to back it with wasn't wide enough so I cut it apart and added some more scraps in a rainbow to widen it.

I love this quilt and I can see more Irish Chains in my future! :)