Well - I thought I was finished with all the Chic Shell patterns I was going to do - but I had running in the background of my mind that some quilters do not like their machine running into the same place too many times - but I loved the effect of my Chic Fan Shells pattern. Then suddenly it dawned on me that I could move out the centre lines - just slightly from each other. The overall effect would still be similar, but there would not be that much stitching down in the point. So - here it is: a variation on the original Chic Fan Shells pattern.

This pattern was designed to fit into the clamshells made by using the Quick Curves ruler from Sew Kind of Wonderful - and their pattern Chic Shells. To go to their website for this and other wonderful patterns click here

The illustrations to the left are some images from Sew Kind of Wonderful's blog. This pattern was initially drawn as a design for the background block and there is an image showing how that would look. I have also illustrated how the design would look over the pieced blocks as well.<br>

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Blocks:  p2p, Clamshells & Chic Shells
Themes:  p2p setup, Modern, Pearls & Circles, Sew Kind of Wonderful