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EDIT - Not string blocks, but string piecing. My mistake. Haven't done it yet.
I poked around this weekend looking at piecing and saw info on 'string' quilting. I.e. using up your scraps and making blocks out of them. Has anyone done this? I have saved every viable scrap from my quilts and thought this would be a fun way to use them up for a scrappy quilt.
Just found this great site www.amisimms.com where she shows how to do string piecing.
I was looking everywhere for a picture of my scrap strip pieced quilt! Guess I never took a picture of it...I just found it last night (it is a WIP!)...I love those kind of quilts because you have a memory of all of your projects!
I did use a tutorial. I used muslin cut into 11-1/2 blocks for mine, so I have five blocks across and six blocks down...you can also do more blocks or smaller blocks depending on what size scraps you had...I had a lot of long pieces left over from binding, borders, etc. At the rate I am making quilts, I could probably make a few more...I used white for my foundation, but I have seen lovely black, grey and reds used as well
http://home.pmt.org/~awalter/string.html
Have you seen this? http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_hello-luscious.pdf
Not certain it is what you mean though . . .
Free pattern from MODA.
Bonnie hunter has a perfect tutorial on how to do this - I've made TONS of blocks using her method.
http://quiltville.com/stringquiltingprimer.shtml
I did the one with the white down the middle! Yes...her tutorial is perfect...I have it bookmarked at home but not at work!
That is exactly what I mean, Katie. I have lots of scraps now, so it seems appropriate to use them up somehow.Quote:
Originally Posted by KatiesQuiltingCorner
Oooh, love that one! I downloaded it! Thank you Sandy.
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Originally Posted by Sandy Navas
I sit down and sew onto 4.5" squares of coffee filters that I've trimmed to size. When I don't feel like working on anything else strings are always waiting for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by BellasQuilts
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...64252148_n.jpg
Great thread! Makes me want to get up in my sewing room and look at all those scraps I have thrown in a bin.
The scraps in my sewing room are shivering in fright, no more softly nestled in a bin never to be disturbed, I had forgotten all about these squares and I have made one before for my daughter a long time ago, over 20 years she still has it. Thanks for the reminder.
If you are signed up for Craftsy (free to join) there is a Free BOM class that you can join. The two block patterns for March are string blocks, she shows you how to make them and they are both very nice!
Can't wait to see the April blocks.
I went to the quilt show in Pigeon Forge last weekend and there was a vendor there that had a template you use to make quilt as you go string blocks (I'm a sucker, so I got it, but haven't had time to try it yet). It's a square in a square. You cut the backing material to fit the large block, cut the batting to match the small block and sew the string part on top (this is the quilting), then you trim the top string block to match the batting and use the larger backing to make binding or attach to another block. I thought it was neat and can't wait to give it a try!
Jamie
Let me know how that works!Quote:
Originally Posted by nikonshooter