Coins
60 x 78
It's a top!
I think I started making these in 2024 to use up some long 2 inch width scraps/strips. Last year I also cut a lot of quilt back trimmings into 2 inch width strips to use in these.
I strip pieced these. I sewed together 2 strips 2 inches in width and length divisible by 3 and then cut them into 3 inch sections. The resulting strips are variable lengths.
It sounds easier to make than it is. I decided the top should be 24 rectangles across and 52 rectangles down. Since all segments were variable in length I sometimes had to cut a segment shorter and then use those pieces in another column. I don't use design wall so I knew some colors were going to end up next to each other. That doesn't bother me. And I also tried to start each column with yellow or orange segments so those colors are all at the top of the quilt.
I tried to keep all of the darker colors at the bottom of the quilt.
WITB (What's in the Box, Bin, Bag) is the theme in my sewing space for the month of March. I'm wondering how many boxes, bins and bags I can empty.
I'll keep score:
Box - 1
I'll also be working with yellow scraps this month because that is the March Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color.
And I don't always follow the challenges issued by the Scrapbuster group but this month the challenge is 1.5 inch scraps. I have some of those!
And sew on...
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REMEMBER, TREASURE, GROW, READ (my words of the year)
It's been a rough couple of days here with all kinds of mishaps; however, I'm trying not to let things get me down. Dreaming of spring and flowers to come sure helps!
I finished a book - The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz. He originally published it under the name of Leigh Nichols in the 1990s. It's not the usual Dean Koontz type of book; however, it has the same underlying theme as in all of Dean Koontz books - good vs. evil and good wins. A woman is hypnotized and her memory purged of her life's memories and she is given a new identity and false memories. Eventually with the help of a nice man she finds out the truth.
5 comments:
It's GORGEOUS! I like how you started the top with yellows and oranges and graduated down. I just finished my BitCoin crib quilt last week. I didn't care if some of the same fabrics touched either. I think it gives a lot of interest to the quilt. Hoping you find treasures in the bags and boxes. Good luck on your finish count.
And yes, disregard those mishaps as how God has placed you and repositioned you. Last week my "loaner" suburban broke down once -- and I backed it into our OWN ditch because I couldn't see because I didn't google how to defrost the back window... Luckily my husband's mishap of being off work due to lack of work had him positioned to help me in both cases. I look at it as God was repositioning me to protect me from something else really bad. It won't be long until we are moving dirt, replanting flowers, and mowing in the hot sun. :)
Wow - gorgeous
I like the way the colors run together and make it look like a wider bar in some places.
Great coins!!!!!! I'm sorry your week has been sideways. And at the same time you're looking for the joy in your days. Hugs!
Stunning Coins, love the rich colour here. Hope things become easier for you Cathy.
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