Coin quilt progess

** Edited to remove truly horrible photos & replace with more bearable ones.

My Mendocino coin quilt top is almost done, just top & bottom sashing to go.

I'm so sorry for the so-so photos I took with our camera today.


I've just checked my flickr account and it seems I started cutting for this quilt 8 months ago - not exactly a hive of productivity! In my defense I really got stuck with this quilt and was really uncertain about finishing it. Initially it was going to include darker colours & go from white through to dark plum but it just wasn't working for me.

Here the coins all are sewn together in a much better photo.



Eventually, after playing around one day and making this little scrappy number (below, another so-so pic, sorry) I realised that I love the way the blush colours just melt away into the white and that I was never going to like that bright orange block that cut my quilt top in half - see it there, the pumpkin coloured Kelp Forest? It would have to be ALL blush for this quilt, even if I did have to use up the rest of my precious fat quarters and cut a whole new set of coins.




Since I realised that I've been able to make some progress. I made strips to cut my new coins from and have added the sashing. Although this quilt is literally taking me forever! I have learnt an enormous amount in the last eight months, much of it thanks to the amazing world of flickr and blogs.

Here are a few of the things I've learnt:

1. I have to trust my own sense of colour & style and not try to force things that don't work.
   
   
2. For accurate piecing a pressing board is an absolute must! I'm so happy with the blocks I've been able to make since I made myself one.
   
   
3. If I'm going to blog I have to be able to take better photos!

And since I'm here replacing photos, here's one of my new blocks I'm so happy with -



Just a shame about the blue tint of the pic *sigh*.