Roman Coins

I, too, googled some images, and here's my guess. (A bit more info on the directions you were given would help. *grin*)

I'll assume you're sewing several pairs of strips together. Then you'll press them, and I'm guessing that when you get there, you'll cut pieces to size and swap with your neighbors for more variety. Then you'll sew pairs together to make a long strip of rectangles.

I'll have to keep that pattern in mind for our guild's community service quilts. Looks like it would be quick way to use up some scraps. I always like to keep a bit of brainless sewing on hand for those days that call for it. :)

You could sew whole strip sets and then slice those into the coins. It's far easier to work with strips of fabric the whole length, sew into several strip sets (so you have a nice chunk of stipe the width of fabric) and then slice that chunk into slices. i.e. cut your strips into 1 1/2 inch strips, sew together, and then cut those into 3-inches the opposite way. Something like that.

I'm making this---only it's called Chinese Coins:

Once again it's a pattern that goes by different names. It's quite easy to do: 1; cut your strips the same width size mine is 5" (my length varies from 1" to 5" if it has a specific design that I didn't want to chop up : ) 2; grab whatever comes out next from the 'grocery bag' or wherever you have your fabrics (started with a clear plastic shoebox and now have enuf to fill a larger one). Fun part is it all goes together very nicely

3; and then it is sewn to a long strip of fabric where you can show off a bit of quilting. NO matching seams on either side EASY PEASY : ) HTH

Butterfly

You could search on names like "Chinese coins" or "stacked coins" as well - it's a good quickie-quilt and a great group project for non-quilters. We did it at the Embroiderers' Guild for a charity quilt project one week.

ACK! Ok the instructions call for cutting a 90" piece of fabric (2 1/2 yards) lengthwise into strips as follows:

5 strips 6 1/2" wide 3 strips 2 1/2" wide

The instructions do not say how these strips are to be used, but (and here's where the ACK! comes in) -- I accidentally cut 1 of the strips at 5 1/2" (and one at 7 1/2", but that one could be trimmed to the right size). I mean, doncha just hate when that happens????? I"m hoping the 5 wider strips will be the vertical strips, therefore I could put the too-narrow one in the middle, and call it a "design choice". But then, where does that leave the 3 strips that are 2 1/2" ?

I'm kicking myself here. If this was a quilt for me, I'd just go with it and make do. But for one to be given away, I'd like to do my best. ACK!

I think it is all the wine and spirits you have been hitting to keep the pirate feel going.

I feel your pain Wendy. It is really maddening to cut a bunch of fabric wrong sizes. I have one ruler that seems to get me measuring

1/2" off too often. Argggghhh. Taria

frood wrote:

That is a beauty Butterfly. Can't wait to see the quilt.

Mary

IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

Will be quite awhile before it's done as it is my 'between stuff' project...no big rush to get it done.

Butterfly

Howdy! I've been making these all week, every time I get a chance to sit at the sewing machine Strip piecing has saved my sanity (at least I think so bwah-ha-ha-ha!) and helped clear a big space in a scrap bag. No advice; just wanted to chime in on the coincidence.

Ragmop/Sandy--quick trip to quilt shop for template plastic saved me, yesterday, from screeching from the rooftop (rooftop is waaaaay up there!) after 2 hectic weeks (so far) w/ s-i-l & her broken foot living here

If you follow the link butterfly gave you to the picture

are unpieced fabric strips (the beige) in-between pieced strips (the stripes).

I'm gonna guess that the 2 1/2 inch strips are the ones that will be sewn on site (mixed with other folks strips) into a big stripy fabric 90 inches long (a strip set). THAT fabric, the one made of everyone's strips, will then be cut into widths to go in-between the unpieced strips you brought.

If the group is planning on sharing the unpieced strips and mixing them among the quilts, then you may have a problem with your design choice. But if, as I suspect, your fabric is going into a single quilt (with the exception of the donated strips for the strip set) then certainly you could make a quilt with different width 'spacers' and call it a design choice. JUST DON'T trim the wider one (that would make your top 2 inches less wide than the others from the group).

So tell us more about the broken foot -does she expect room service? Does this mean 6 weeks of forced hospitality until it heals? I just hate it when anything interferes with your quilting. Roberta in D

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Turns out, the instructions were supposed to read 2 -- 3 1/2" strips, NOT 3

2 1/2" strips! They are for the top and bottom border.

I spent the day cutting squares for rag quilts, and subcutting blocks from strip sets for other folks. Then, after 2 o'clock, I helped a new quilter layout her blocks in a pleasing design. She had mis-understood the strip piecing instructions for the Rail Fence she was working on, and had several different varieties of strip sets. I told her it was a Design Choice, and we could just go from there. I enjoy a challenge. ;-)

So, anyway, my Roman Coin didn't get sewn, but it will! Design Choices and all.

Oddly enough, I was surprised to see this portrayed as a Roman Coin or Chinese Coin, because I'm used to visualizing the stacked "coins" from the stripes.

I do like it, but now we have to accept that there's two patterns for one name, or two names for one pattern, or something like that. Oh, now I'm confused again!

i saw a neat coin pattern on simply quilts this past week. dont recall the name of it tho. was from 2004 yr series fwiw. cant even recall the name of the quilter. there were rows of coins with strips of greek key-ish design in between. coins were alternating 9" and 4.5". looked easy enough for even me to do. ok, that might be a stretch. maybe with some scraps if i can figure out what design to make my trip quilt. still got all those stars that need a design to make their home. hmmmm. i'm thinking attic window using the purple fabric and the other edge a diff colour to match each star. then the multi-colour'd fabric as sashing so it looks like window panes in a big window. leastways i think thats what i mean. hmmmm too busy? maybe if i reverse the purple and multicolour fabs positions? decisions decisions...

i need a nap today. darn cat woke me last night about 3:30am when she jumped down off the deck onto the roof of the van parked there, thump. woke me up and before i could get back to sleep i hear her tiniest wee meow at the front door to come in. the first wee meow i wasnt sure i really heard what i thot i'd heard. then another wee meow the tiniest bit louder and i knew. up i got and down the stairs to let her in. she runs to top of stairs, waits for me to get up there, picked her up, she immediately starts purring. took her into the bedroom, put her on her most recent sleeping perch and she just stood there. so i patted the bed and clicked my fingers and she was on the bed in a shot, settling after about 5 mins of rounding, kneading, purring right between dh and i as close as she could get to the pillow. you'd of thot it was the dead of winter, must of been a wee bit too cold out there for her highness at her advanced yrs, lol. all 14.5 of them. so a nap for me this arvo i think. oh yeah, the where was i? coins and attic windows, yep, doing some more research on those windows today. tho could as easily sketch it up in EQ. if i could get my brain to function a bit better. zzzzzzzz jeanne