Loose, Limber and Abstract

This is on a fairly loosely-woven background fabric that might be linen. The purple dots are also linen-like. The prints are batiks and the quilt is really very simple. A panel of white, a panel of ombre, multi-sized dots and bubbles framed by funky tumbling squares all roped in with really loosely-twisted wool.

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.