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* doll coin quilt

Posted on April 15th, 2007 by maitreya. Filed under Sewing/Fabric Crafts.

Here’s my quilt for Losabia’s Doll Quilt Swap. I decided to try a coin quilt with some unbleached muslin and the red geometric prints I’ve been collecting for the last few months (which were conveniently already cut into strips from a prior project that I never finished). I like the coin quilt pattern because it seems more forgiving of tone/color balance issues and imperfect seams since everything is surrounded by a moat of background. That said, I did manage to screw it up a few times, my favorite being when I sewed the layers in the wrong order for an envelope finish. That was fun. To redeem myself, though, I did figure out a speedy shortcut method where I pieced everything as strips instead of teeny rectangles. It’s ~24×18 inches and tied with red embroidery floss through the center of every single one of the little red blocks.

Anyway, I hope my swap partner likes it because I came very close to keeping it for myself. What stopped me is realizing that then I would have to make another one. I am now thinking that perhaps quilt swaps are not a very good idea for me to sign up for; this took a LOT of work, and I’m not even sure it’ll be to my partner’s taste. I had a good time making it, though. Nice project to break the blogging silence too. I’ve been off trying (successfully I might add) to get myself a job. And, so not as important but almost as time-consuming, I have solved several puzzles in the Nine Inch Nails Year Zero ARG. Go me.

26 Responses to “doll coin quilt”

Krista Says:
April 15th, 2007 at 10:16 pm

Really nice! I love red and white. Isn’t the learning process of quilting fun? I’m sure your partner will love it.

norma Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 12:02 am

Love it!!! Very nice.

moki Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 12:15 am

(welcome back from the break!)

It’s super fabulous! I love the colors! Red and white are so nice together!

Marisa Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 1:42 am

Wow, this quilt is so adorable. You have it almost done already! I need to get crackin’!! So so pretty.

momo Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 5:13 am

it’s a beautiful quilt!!

Jessica Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 8:06 am

it’s beautiful! nice work! your partner will love it.

Katharina Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 11:00 am

Beautiful quilt! These are very nice fabrics, its a wonderful idea with red and unbleached.

amy k. Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

oh man! LOVE this. I woulda kept it. bad me.

Anina Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

I can’t imagine anyone not LOVING it!

Lisa K. Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

Whoa. That is all kinds of gorgeous. The prints are fantastic.

melissa f. Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

yeah, i would’ve kept it too. and now i want to copy it. so i’m crappy on two levels.

dorie Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 10:50 pm

I love this little quilt. I want to pinch it.

lisa s Says:
April 16th, 2007 at 11:44 pm

so cute… i think i might keep it….and i was JUST thinking about you - wondering when you might post again… :)

kelly Says:
April 17th, 2007 at 10:18 am

so sweet! what I really love about these is that they could be bed-sized quilts, and there is often no way to tell from the picture (no scale)… so cool - a miniature surprise!

amandajean Says:
April 19th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

oh, your little doll quilt is just lovely. I can see why you would not want to send it away.
I think I am going to make one like it for myself!

joybucket Says:
April 19th, 2007 at 11:08 pm

Beautiful. I almost did a similar design. I know what you mean about wanting to keep it. I want to keep mine too. I suppose I’ll have to do another one.

Good luck on the job front.

Kari Says:
April 19th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

Love the quilt! I have also been immersed in the Year Zero ARG, it is facinating and the album is great.

Heels Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 9:27 am

That’s so beautiful. Coin quilts blow me away.

Kate Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 11:44 am

Did you make this pattern yourself or use one? I’m trying to decide what I’m doing - making one for my daughter’s wall/bed. Please share…it looks great!

Maritza Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 10:23 pm

That’s just gorgeous! What a lucky recipient!

Liz Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 5:02 am

This quilt is absolutely gorgeous - I am sure your swap partner will love it.

Amy Says:
May 8th, 2007 at 7:41 am

I got it! Thanks so much! (I’ll post a photo tomorrow - I did not have my camera at home last night…)

susan sobon Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

i love this quilt and i hope you do the next round of the swap! i would love to get a quilt from you. such talent. i would love to see a close up of the squares to show the ties. did you take a close up of that? after seeing your quilt i want to make one. can i ask where you found the directions? i will check the internet just in case.

julie Says:
June 5th, 2007 at 1:22 am

did you use a pattern or make it up?? I would love to know where to get a pattern for this.
thanks julie

Maitreya Says:
June 12th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

Those in search of the pattern, I made it up. It actually just got accepted to a book, so now I’m writing up nice instructions.

Shirley Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 7:46 am

It is very pretty. If the lady don’t like it send it to me LOL. SURE!

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