This is what I started with, two tubs of scraps....
I sorted into strips
and smaller squares and rectangles
I'd decided to make a string quilt based on one I'd
seen on Pinterest,
by Emily @ Quilty Love
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And started making blocks.
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I'm foundation paper piecing the blocks to ensure the
stability of all those seams
I'm really liking where it is headed.
I'll be back when I have more to show you.
Have you ever made a string quilt?
SUZ
9 comments:
I'm loving where all your pretty string blocks are heading. Scraps so insignificant on their own always look fabulous gathered together any which way on a quilt. Scrappy string quilts always look splendid. I have never fashioned one, but I would love to, one day.
I think it's looking fabulous too.
You have some lovely fabric scraps! I once made a string quilt with using African fabrics. Yours is looking so cheerful!
With foundation paper piecing, are you sewing on a piece of paper? Do you pull off the papers when you have the blocks finished? It is a very pretty quilt.
Loving it.........sorting scraps is sort of scary & fun. I've been doing a QAL with Sandra from mmm.quilts just from scraps & a bit of stash. Look forward to seeing yours come together. Take care & hugs.
What's not to LOVE about string quilts???? So addictive to make! And I love seeing other folk's fabrics!!!! This will be a beauty! Think it's time for me to start another one!
Wow, look what happens when we start playing with scraps.
Your blocks are looking wonderful.
I have often been tempted but have never made one. I will enjoy watching yours grow.
Ooo yes! Scrappy quilts seems to be popping up lately, all over blog-land. Love seeing your scrap pile, and then your organized piles. Such a satisfying feeling, right? I do love a nice string quilt, and have made several of them myself, using Bonnie Hunter's tutorial that's has you make blocks on a foundation of a telephone book page. Your blocks are colorful. Happy. Just divine.
Your scrap pile, organized, is a thing of beauty. Mine are stuffed in various places and not as beautiful. And then your scrap blocks are wonderful, too! Having seen the quilt at a later date, I know it will be terrific when finished.
I once started a selvages string quilt, and yes, I should get back to it. I started cleaning out the sewing space the other day, hunting for my Santa fabric, and found them again. I do love them, and then to see yours, in process, tells me I should move them to the top of the list. Thank you for the inspiration!
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