In which Madi's Mom Makes....A Penny Rug Block (Day 4)

It's my lovely mother's birthday today (happy birthday, mom!), so in order to fullfill the directive:
                       Make a block whose pattern contains your name, or the name of another person who is
                       meaningful to you
I searched and searched in vain for a block containing my mother's name.

The best I could come up with was a Penny Rug.


According to wikipedia,
A penny rug is a decoration made of stitched together coin shaped fabric scraps.

See?
Penny rug.
Made of wool.
Rather nifty.

I tried it in cotton.

I tried backing the pieces.

I tired quilting individual circles and then attaching them.

I tried jumpping up and down in frustration.

This is what I ended up with....

Not my proudest hour, but it works.