Selvage Coins
41 x 60
It's a finish!
It looks kind of wonky but it's blowing in the wind!
I made the top in April 2023 when I was working with strings and selvages. For this one I used most of the brightly colored selvages with little or no writing.
I just did some vertical line quilting.
And it has a scrappy binding.
And if the recipient doesn't like the selvages on front they can use the back for the front and the front for the back. The back (or front) looks like a quilt made of triangles.
The theme this month in my sewing space is March Madness (Quilting) Marathon. I'm going to concentrate on finishing up a lot of the small tops I have in the TBQ (to be quilted) pile. They will then be donated to:
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CELEBRATE! (My word of the year)
March 12- A few things in bloom!
Species tulips
Iris reticulata and crocus here and there along pathways.
I've even seen some bees in the crocus.
When I was out in February I saw that a rabbit had eaten most of my Hellebore (aka Lenten Rose) to the ground so once again this year I was not expecting any blooms. I put stuff all around it hoping to keep the rabbits out of the Hellebore patch and I guess that worked well enough for me to have at least one bloom this year.
Scilla is starting to appear everywhere
And I'm not sure I'll get anything other than species tulips to bloom this year. I think a rabbit has been in my tulip bed and eaten almost all of the foliage to the ground. I stuck sticks in the ground here and there thinking the deer were eating the foliage because that usually keeps them out or I see signs of them in there because they will knock over the sticks. Since the sticks were all still standing and the foliage was still eaten I think rabbits are the culprit. So, while I am celebrating a lot of flowers in bloom already I am not celebrating the devastation in my tulip bed! And so it goes...
I totally gave up planting tulips as the deer eat them for dessert here!!:)))
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty string coins quilt--great idea to use up all those selvedges...nice work hugs, Julierose
So sorry about your tulips. I have green chicken wire around most of my beds and it mostly works, but not for the squirrels. The quilt is a lovely collection of fabrics and colors that works well all together.
ReplyDeleteThe selvage coins look great--do you always cut the selvage strips that wide? (Mine are much skinnier. And I have at least 4 gallon-size zip loc bags with them.) No wildflowers in the woods yet, but I do need to check for skunk cabbage in the ravine at the end of our block.
ReplyDeleteI really like your Selvedge Coin quilt. The polka dots strips show the coins off so well. The backing is super! I can’t believe how you are motoring through your quilting list.
ReplyDeleteSelvedges - it's been a while since I've done anything with mine. Did you sew yours to a backing first, or just stitch them together?
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm surprised anything eats your Hellebores. I've got rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs, and deer, and they all leave the hellebores alone. I gave up on tulips long ago, and the chipmunks, squirrels, and voles do a number on the crocus and other small bulbs every year. Fortunately the daffodils get left alone.
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Fun all the way around! Laura H.
ReplyDeleteSomeone is really going to love that quilt. So much to look at. Someone who can't get around much would love to see all of the variety of fabrics. Great job. I like your sashing too.
ReplyDeleteAWEsome idea to use colorful selvages for a coins quilt!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had saved cut off selvages now!! I'm enjoying seeing your early Spring flowers beginning to bloom, I shall be waiting around 6 months before our Spring flowers burst into life.
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