Penny Mat Progress

Now that I’ve given up trying to make the pennies perfect and round, I’m liking this even more.  I finished stitching the top pennies to the bottom pennies and have laid them out, trying to be random with the colors, while not letting two of the same color be next to each other. (How’s that for being random?)  The next step is to stitch the pennies to the scallops.

 

Now, I need to figure out what I will use to back the mat……