Coin quilts

You know sometimes when it's like pulling teeth to finish a project and finally you just muster through, just so you never have to look at the dumb thing again?? I know it's not just me. This quilt was like that times ten. I had tons of bad machine issues while finishing this quilt...like...Read More

Discover a variety of Coin Quilt patterns in our roundup, perfect for all skill levels. From playful to elegant, find your next quilting project here!

Such a simple quilt but with all the household and family memories, it's one of my favorites. Definitely a keeper. Fifth Chinese Coins quilt At first the fabrics seemed a random assortment; however, the monochromatic blue scheme made its presence known. {Black and white create the darkest and lightest of any color.} The multitude of blues became a boring as the quilt grew. Adding small amounts of purple and green perked it up again. So the monochromatic color stretched into an analogous…

Simple quilts, they're fun, fast and they sure make for a quick fix project! When I first saw Sherri McConnell & Chelsi Stratton's debut line for Moda Fabrics, Bright Sun, I immediately loved it. Turquoise, aqua and coral are such gorgeous colours to work with and the pops of yellow just make it so happy.

Steve and I had a great time at the beach house! Good food, wine, long walks on the beach together; and I got quite a bit of sewing accomplished. I had planned to work on a block for a quilting bee, but an error made me set it aside to deal with later at home. I had printed off a paper piecing pattern from Quilter's Cache and made a test block, which came out great. Then I changed my mind and decided to do a different block. And because the first block printed out in the accurate size, I…

Some time ago…a blog reader sent me a lot of parts and pieces of quilts. In the mix were some “bricks” that were already cut. I call a brick a piece of scrap which is 4 1/2″…

I finally finished my Coin Toss quilt, which I think should be subtitled “Turning Point” because that finish seemed to reset my quilting mojo. I’ve been sewing! It’s wonderf…

A friend came over this week to sew and this is what I worked on. This quilt was inspired by a Schnibbles quilt. I used my own dimensions. The four patch units I had pieced in January at a retreat I went to. After the retreat I set it aside until last week when I added the setting side and corner triangles to the 4 patch. I also came across all these coin strips already pieced in my UFO closet-whoo hooo I had enough all ready for this quilt!!!!!! So I was able to finish the piecing of this…

My first coins are really hitting the spot! I barely have to think when I match up two fabrics for a strip of coins, especially since my sewing recipe is quite relaxed. Here’s my recipe for a quick, scrappy coin quilt sewn from string scraps.

The minute that I saw Bonnie Hunter’s quilt Bitcoin, I knew I wanted to make it. I actually laughed when it was released. As it was released with another pattern at the same time and it was…