*PLEASE NOTE: Several days after posting this I found the pattern..done up in the same colors. It’s in the book “Miss Jump’s Memories” by Linda Brannock, and is named “Squint Your Eyes”. It was published in 1999.
Today I’m pulling a UFO from the quilt top cupboard. It’s not my UFO..I bought it in this condition.
The top is made up of blocks that are pieced in a Robbing Peter to pay Paul design..but it isn’t done as a positive/negative like is commonly done.
This is a quilt in progress. I bought it just as you see it. The cream half moons are appliqed onto gold squares and the gold cut away from behind. The blocks were then machine pieced. The top was pin basted with a cotton batting and gold print backing fabric.
The center blocks have been hand quilted. Four of them done I think?
I’ve never pin basted a quilt before. I quilt in a large hoop and I think they might get in the way..BUT I think I’m going to leave the pins and do more quilting? It’s all ready to go…and I have other things going on right now, so don’t want to start quilting on a larger project. ..and to be honest..I have “stuff” piled on my basting tables. 
The blocks are 7″ finished and there’s a wide variety of gold fabrics used. There’s everything from batik, to reproductions, to homespun, to modern.
I would date this quilt to sometime in the late 1990’s..although it might be newer? It may have taken the maker a long time to collect such a variety of golds or maybe she swapped fabrics with friends to get so many different ones?
The reason I date this to the 1990’s..is that I happen to have the fabric shown here in the one full block at left. The rich gold one. It’s one of my favorite fabrics and I used a bit of it in a project that I did in the 90’s.
The backing of the quilt has been brought around to the front to keep the edges from fraying.
I’m thinking once I get the quilting done I can trim the backing and use it for binding?
I wish I knew more about this quilt. I bought it on ebay for $32.00. I thought the price was fantastic since the piecing is done, the batting is included, the backing is included, and it’s basted. There has been times in the past I would have gladly paid to have someone baste a quilt for me..but didn’t have any takers…so I really like that it’s ready to go 
I wonder why the quilter didn’t continue on with the quilting? Was this her last quilt? Is this from her estate..or did the quilter get as far as the quilting and decide that quilting just wasn’t her “thing”?
Whatever the story is…I’m happy to have found this quilt. I love golds/Autumn colors and I’m anxious to get going on the quilting!
Tags: hand quilted, Robbing Peter to pay Paul, Squint Your Eyes
What a great find – they don’t come like this on Australian ebay. I think you should just continue the quilting and I hand quilt pin basted quilts without a hoop quite successfully. Good luck.
This will be a great quilt for Autumn, I love all the golds, what a find.
Ann, great quilt.
Wow – this is a new spin on an old favorite. I didn’t even recognize it as RPtpP. Thanks for posting – enjoy the quilting!
bab
I find the quilt to be wonderful, too! I have pin basted a quilt and hand quilted in a hoop. You have to be sure you don’t get a pin in the hoop as it can cause a little hole. I don’t use that method any more.
This is so neat………..in the big picture, it looks like a paper (or fabric, in this case) cutout that’s been placed over the white background. Enjoy the quilting !
What a fantastic version! Sounds like a wonderful deal at the price. I recently did some hand quilting on a pin basted quilt in a hoop. I did a little pin re-arranging and removal. Some I left in as I use the eensy weensy brass pins and they weren’t too much in the way.
Love this, and what a great price!! But I’m with you, would love to know the whole story!
What an awesome bargain! I have never looked on ebay for a quilt. I love it!
I have just begun to pin baste and I don’t find it objectional in the least. I just remove the pins from the area of the hoop when I repostion it. Sure beats crawling around on the floor to thread baste it.
Robin in Kelso, WA
I think this is a wonderful take on the old pattern — I especially like the look from a distance because the color choices are so nice. I hate using pins to hand quilt with a hoop. I safety pin on the floor, and then baste on my dining room table — I just plan on spending a whole day doing nothing else but basting. It’s my least enjoyable part of the process, but I’m always so much happier once it’s done and I don’t have to worry about moving pins around.
Wouldn’t it be nice to know the full story of this quilt? Can’t imagine anyone getting this far and giving up on it, almost feel like it must be from an estate….but we’ll never know. The work is beautiful, such impressive seam matching on all those ovals, the corner points look perfect. I hope you post it when completed. Thanks for sharing, Ann
That certainly is a beautiful quilt. It’s now on my to-do list.
A gorgeous find and perfect for autumn. I’ve never tried hand quilting using pins for basting …. let us know how you get along with it.
Ann this one is lovely, I really like the deep golds, there is something comforting and homey about them, love the take on doing it in a ‘negative’ fashion, it looks great. Pin basted and all, what a buy. So glad you have it and will finish it, its finally got a good home
this pattern is in Miss Jump’s MEMORIES by Linda Brannock
Published in 1999. I love, love, love it and it is fun to do.