Side B
Jun 5, 2009 Quilting
As I mentioned earlier, I’m piecing the back to my Chinese Coin quilt, aka Side B. I ended up with a lot of extra coins. In fact, enough to make another quilt. So that’s what I’m doing. Only, I’m making a different style Chinese Coin quilt. Instead of the neat row and column look, I’m going for the staggered look. I mocked up a section of the quilt in photoshop. Just imagine it in color.
I decided to stick with the color gradation. Only this time, the color blocks are big. Here is most of the quilt laid out on my table.
The quilt is 41 coins across, half will be white, and 16 rows down. On each piece of paper, I laid out 6-7 coins. I divided all these pieces of paper into nine groups.
Each group or folder contains 5-6 rows.
Believe or not, all the color pieces to this quilt are stored in these nine folder.
I’ll concede that my method might be a bit over the top, but it’s worth it. By storing the coins on pieces of paper, I manhandle the pieces less, keeping the fabric integrity. Also it’s easier to cart the quilt upstairs to lay out on the table. As I piece the quilt together, I’m able to sew in order without having to think about the whole process with each new piece.
I’ve manage to sew one section together, and I’m working on the second. By the end of the weekend, I’ll have some thing that I’d like to share.
