Project Linus gets this quilt, and I hope it makes a child happy. It made me happy to make it! And I like it so much, I may make a version for myself.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Colorful Coins
I love scrappy, I love color, and I love using up odds and ends.
At one of our Project Linus worknights a few of us dug through our string bins and started sewing coin stacks by color. We got a few stacks done but then the project just sat waiting for almost a year.
Today I pulled out the stacks and finished them up, then reined in the colors with a dotted white.
It's so easy for coin stacks to get crooked and w-O-b-b-L-y, so I like to sew small chunks, trim to size, and then add the trimmed stacks to each other. My gridded ironing board is one of my favorite sewing tools--it's so easy to see what's straight and what's not! Wonky is wonderful as a design element, but not so great as a construction flaw.
This is just the top, not yet quilted. I think I'll use a rainbow of strings in the binding to give a little line of color around the edge. I like this layout color-wise -- in many rainbow patterns the colors are offset by one in each row, which gives you a color diagonal. I offset these by two, which breaks up the color lines and keeps your eye moving around the quilt more.
Project Linus gets this quilt, and I hope it makes a child happy. It made me happy to make it! And I like it so much, I may make a version for myself.
Project Linus gets this quilt, and I hope it makes a child happy. It made me happy to make it! And I like it so much, I may make a version for myself.
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Very pretty! I also work in shorter sections when I'm making coins quilts.
It makes me think of a paint chart!
How many strips do you sew together before going on to the next one?
Love the colorful coins, definitely a bright fun quilt!!
That top is really fun! I don't have enough strings to make one, but I surely like it. Simple.
Wow, loving this colourful quilt. Sometimes the simplest designs are the most effective!
It's gorgeous! I've never tried a coin quilt, but thanks for the construction tips should I ever try!
This is gorgeous and just makes one smile...I'm sure it will be well loved by some lucky child.
"Somewhere over the rainbow" what a super collection of fabrics!
This is great! I'm always a sucker for anything rainbow. ;-)
There is going to be one lucky child out there. I love "Project Linus". I make quilts for them also.
It's beautiful! I love the bright colors, it's sure to make some child very happy!
I've done an African coin, using ethnic prints and black background.
Where did you get that ironing board?
I have always loved this pattern. The colors really pop right off the screen too.
Great project and pictures.
Enjoy your day.
Oh I love the rainbow one. I did a similar stacked coins one and I know exactly what you mean about them going crooked. I just kept going with it and tried to make up for it with the sashing.
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