Another quilt top

I commented the other day that I hadn't been able to spend any time sewing of late.

I had a partially-finished quilt top (the blocks were sewn, but needed to be set together and have the sashing added) sitting on my table in there.

I got it done today.



It's similar to the old "Chinese coins" idea - the original "Chinese coin" tops being, you took a bunch of scraps, cut them into strips (in some versions the strips are all the same width, in others, the widths differ) and then you randomly sew them together to make long strips, and then set the strips with sashing between them.

This quilt was made using a couple of the 2 1/2 strip packs from Connecting Threads. (The sashing fabric is also from them, as is the fabric I will use for the backing). It was a little tricky because there were relatively few different patterns and colors - unlike the Moda jelly rolls, where there are (often) 40 different fabrics, this strip pack had a lot of repeats.

Here are a couple of close-ups. They are all Christmas/winter fabrics. Many of the fabrics in the strip sets were small "ditzy" prints that are reminiscent of the 1930s-era prints.



The sashing fabric is woodland animals - rabbits, mice, and raccoons - playing in the snow. (The backing fabric is a darker turquoise printed with things like mittens and cups of cocoa and I think even knitting needles and yarn).



I may still try to sew up the seam in the backing fabric tonight; then I could take it down to the quilt shop Saturday to drop it off to be quilted. (I also have another quilt that I just got back from having quilted that I will need to put the binding on).

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And tomorrow is my Grand Day Out! I don't have any ideas of things I'm looking to buy, aside from (possibly) a skein of sport or dk weight wool in white and one in black - I bought the "Zoetrope" hat pattern I talked about here earlier and would like to make it sometime.

I'm also going to look a bit for potential Christmas gifts. I have something in mind for my father and something for my brother, but there are other people I need to look for...and since I haven't ordered either of those things yet, if I see something even better, I will buy that.

I'm really looking forward to it - I don't often get a full day just to "play."