With St. Patrick's Day less than a week away, now is a good time to check out some great Irish quilt blocks and patterns. We'll start with the quilt blocks:

Broken Irish Chain - a 10" pieced quilt block pattern from Quilter's Cache.

Celtic Sunrise - a 12" paper pieced quilt block pattern from Quilter's Cache

Double Irish Chain - a 12" pieced quilt block pattern from SewQuilty.

Four Leaf Clover - 10" applique quilt block pattern from CompuQuilt.

Irish Chain - an 18" pieced quilt block pattern from Quilter's Cache.

Irish Eyes - a 12" pieced quilt block pattern from AZPatch.

Irish Shamrock - a 12" applique quilt block pattern from Quilting With A Passion

Shamrock - a 3" paper pieced quilt block pattern from Quiltmaker Magazine.

Triple Irish Chain - a 22" pieced quilt block pattern from McCall's Quilting.

Here are some Irish-inspired quilt patterns:

Irish Chain Quilt - a 54" x 66" pieced quilt pattern from EZQuilting

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt - a 68-3/4" x 84-1/2" pieced quilt pattern from McCall's Quilting.

Trip To Ireland Quilt - a pieced quilt pattern from Simply Quilts.