marks1009

Hi Jayway!

I'm new to the quilting world too! I was pretty sure I would be able to finish piecing a quilt top, but was positive I'd never get around to actually quilting it, so I drew this design, and am now in the process of creating it. I'm piecing the sections by just pinning and machine sewing, then I press everything to make sure it's square(ish). I then apply black bias tape (I made this myself), and quilt through top, batting and backing by machine sewing the edges of the black tape. I have finished one of the nine 2ft x 2ft sections, and will put them together with 4in wide black sashing, like the sections in a stained glass window.

You could probably adapt this method to the Chinese Coins pattern (which was my inspiration), and machine quilt smaller sections then put them together with sashing.