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01-11-2011, 06:42 PM

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goldsberry921

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Very nice!!!

01-11-2011, 06:47 PM

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MommaDorian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovetosew

The coin strips are 4 inches wide and the strips are about 4 feet long. I didn't make the coins the same width, just pulled whatever size came out of the box, with half a nod to alternating light and dark colours. Super easy.

I did another Chinese Coins a few years ago and made my strips of coins in the same colour story - a strip of blues, a strip of reds and so on. Those coins were the same size.

4" wide x (how long)?

Thanks again!!

01-11-2011, 06:47 PM

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brenda21

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very pretty quilts...love the scrappy look :)

01-11-2011, 06:49 PM

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Jingle

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Both are beautiful, I like the 1st one the best, nice pattern.

01-11-2011, 06:54 PM

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MamaBear61

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Great use of your scraps. Both quilts are very nice.

01-11-2011, 07:07 PM

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wolph33

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both look great

01-11-2011, 07:08 PM

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mequilter

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I love the scrappy quilts, beautiful job on both of these.

01-11-2011, 07:09 PM

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ilovetosew

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The strips vary in size from 1 inch to probably 4 inches. I sewed them together into strip sets of 3 or 4 and then cut the strip sets into 4 inch pieces, which I sewed into long 'stacks of coins'.