Felix and I Have a Chinese Coin Flimsy to Show You

My Chinese Coin Quilt is at the flimsy stage. I just sewed the last border strip on. I wanted to take a photo in natural light, but I wasn't quick enough. It gets dark so early now. I had to use my flash, so you really can't see the true colours. But that's okay because I will take a final picture when it is quilted. Felix was my big helper. He is in the photo too. Can you spot him? He is that lump right in the middle, under the quilt. He loves tents, so I thought I would let him play as a reward for all of his help.

Working on My Chinese Coin Quilt - Sort of...

It's a dark, rainy, fall day here in Toronto. No one is home this afternoon so I have lots of time to sew without being bothered. I have done some work on the charm quilt and have almost finished the Chinese Coins. Just part of one strip of coins to go. Then the borders. I could probably do this a lot faster if Felix wasn't helping me.

Oh, well. He makes me smile.

Chinese Coin Progress

I know it is Wednesday and I should be showing you my hexagon flowers. But that will have to wait until another day. A friend (no blog) asked me how to make a Chinese Coin quilt. So I took a photo of what I have sewn so far. I have lots of 'coins' cut and I hope to work on it some more later today. The coins are from the scraps Vicki gave me last week and also from my own stash. It feels good to use up some of my fabrics.

Tooth Fairies and Chinese Coins

Thank you to everyone who wished me well yesterday. It was an awful day I never want to have to repeat it. I still have a headache and some low grade pain in my face, but the worst is over. Now I just have to come to the emotional terms of dealing with a lost tooth.

So I had to smile when I opened Emily's blog this morning. She had made some Matyroshka dolls with a pocket to hold a tooth for the tooth fairy. She even had a link to a tutorial, here.
These are so cute. I didn't follow the instructions too well, so I will keep these two for myself, sort of as a prototype. But I will make some more. They are so much fun! For the next ones, I will embroider the face before I sew it to the doll and I will sew it to the doll before I sew the back and front together. The one on the left has a pocket to hold the tooth. Too bad I didn't have my tooth any more. I could have hit the tooth fairy for an ipod or something. Well, I can dream, can't I? I think these would be great for Christmas!


I did not sleep well last night. I guess that was because I napped the whole of yesterday away. So I got up around midnight and started sorting the scraps that Vicki had brought me. I discovered that a lot of them were 2 1/2 inches wide. I thought they would be perfect for a Chinese Coin quilt. I have never made one, but always wanted to. So here is my first row of coins. The colours are fantastic!

So it seems that my post is money related. Tooth fairy pillows and Chinese Coin quilts. Perhaps I am going to come into some money. Do you think I should buy a lottery ticket?