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The Red and White Coin Quilt

I finished the Red and White Coin Quilt today.  Endurance quilting was completed last night with a sigh of relief, and binding late today after a dash to my local fabric store. 

In the end it was a race against fading light with another cool day behind us, although the late winter sunshine provided better than expected  lighting conditions for easy picture taking.  Photographing white quilts is proving to be a challenge at times!

The finished size of the quilt is 60 inches x 48 inches, and as usual the back of the quilt is also pieced, I did however choose to use green/blue fabrics for the back of the quilt in contrast to the overly red quilt top.

I am pleased with how the quilting turned out on this quilt.  Quilting straight lines close together does sound  and look easy, however things can go horribly wrong rather quickly.  The success of this quilting style depends very much upon good basting technique.  Without a well basted quilt sandwich, the lines of stitching can pull the quilt layers up or down unevenly,  either at the front or the back, and thus distort and pucker the quilt.  My quilts are all basted by taping the backing to the ground and then stabilizing the quilt sandwich using lots of pins.

I also use a walking foot for all straight line quilting and an increased stitch length.  This quilt was stitched with a 4.0 stitch length (Bernina), in comparison I use a 2.0 stitch length for patchwork piecing.

To bind the quilt I have used a Kei Honeycomb fabric in black with white polka dots.  Many red fabrics were auditioned for the binding, all failed to impress.  My final choice of black binding fabric provides a bold frame without detracting from the overall look of the quilt, and does not disappoint.

As usual, you can find this quilt for sale in my Etsy Store.   SOLD

Rita

A Red and White Coin Quilt

This is the quilt that nearly ended up as scrap fabric in my scrap bin.  During the cutting and design floor process, I really wasn't feeling the quilt love, and almost threw in the towel.  At that "almost" point the fabrics used were almost exclusively red, red, and red, and moreover the reds varied so much in hue (from pink to orange and blue) that it just became unpleasant to look at. 

Adding white as a neutral seemed to solve the problem.  Lots of white.  The more white fabric I added to the quilt in progress the more I started to like what I saw ( you already know just how much I like white fabric!).

You almost cannot go wrong with a mix of red and white, such a classic look that will transcend time with grace.  The design itself is very basic, strips of fabric in varying widths, and much like an unconventional Coin Quilt.

I am looking forward to quilting this quilt, but first I need to make the backing and then baste it.  It feels like a busy sewing weekend coming up; perfect for our blustery and cold Winter weather.