Otago Gold: Chinese Coins

Another World Quilt Competition. The circles have been appliqued onto diagonally pieced squares. The diagonals cleverly form strips of color that shoot around the quilt. They are strong lines but the circles and the neat center rectangle win the design tug-of-war here. Some of the circles look like they may have had foil applied to them? Foiling quilting may be a just-now-arriving trend. I always love quilts with a circle theme. This one is embellished with Chinese coins.