One of my very oldest quilt projects was completed recently, and I can't believe how long it took. This is my Chinese Coins quilt, which was started in July of 1998!
Chinese Coins, 44.5" x 51.5"
Some of my memories of this project are a little fuzzy, but I know it was started at a quilt shop sewing day in '98. I had been collecting teal and turquoise fabrics with plans to make a Storm at Sea quilt, and I enjoyed using them in this quilt. The quilt shop named the design "Chinese Coins," but they look like Snowball blocks to me.
The quilt top, batting and backing were pin basted together soon after I made the top, but I struggled for a long time with figuring out how to quilt it. It would get pulled out of the closet on a regular basis, but always ended up going back again unfinished. I did start quilting it in 2014, but I didn't get far before I returned the quilt to the closet again.
It was our guild's UFO (UnFinished Objects) Challenge that finally motivated me to get this quilt done. I decided that I would rather continue with the quilting that had already been done than pick it out and do something else. It feels great to finally get this scrappy beauty finished and out of the closet. It deserves to be seen and enjoyed!
Linking up with:
Wednesday Wait Loss at Inquiring Quilter
Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation
Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts
Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty
Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework
Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
LOVE your colors!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is really pretty, Julie! I like how the snowballed corners are continued into the border to get the full stars. Lovely colors, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty quilt! So glad that challenge led you to finish this. I bet you're glad too. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Such a pretty quilt! I'm glad you finished it and can now enjoy it. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThat looks wonderful - I love the colours used. Well done on NOT putting it back in the closet.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty finish! I'm glad the guild challenge was the final motivation to pull it from the closet and continue quilting it until it was finished! Such beautiful fabrics in this one!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteYay for finally getting it out of your languishing pile!!! It is pretty.
ReplyDeleteI recognise some of the fabrics - I have them/have had them in my own stash!
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Sydney, Australia
Very pretty! Congrats on finishing up one of your older UFOs.
ReplyDeleteOh, how pretty! Congratulations on the HUGE accomplishment of finally wrapping up your oldest unfinished project! It looks so fresh and current, too -- so many of the colors and prints that were in vogue in the '90s look dull and dated, but not yours. Definitely snowball blocks; I don't know what that quilt shop was thinking just arbitrarily changing the name of a traditional block like that. I like how the outer blocks only have the two triangle corners, to create the star effect. Very effective.
ReplyDeleteglad your guild gave you the motivation to finish it - its very lovely. Reminds me of the sea... calm and serene ;-) I like the way you quilted it
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty quilt Julie - congrats on the finish and hope you enjoy it - I think the quilting design looks great on it.
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