Has anyone done string blocks?

[BellasQuilts]

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.

[BellasQuilts]

Just found this great site www.amisimms.com where she shows how to do string piecing.

[alwaysinmyroom]

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

[Sandy Navas]

Have you seen this? http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_hello-luscious.pdf
Not certain it is what you mean though . . .
Free pattern from MODA.

[KatiesQuiltingCorner]

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

[alwaysinmyroom]

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!

[BellasQuilts]

That is exactly what I mean, Katie. I have lots of scraps now, so it seems appropriate to use them up somehow.

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

[BellasQuilts]

Oooh, love that one! I downloaded it! Thank you Sandy.

Have you seen this? http://www.unitednotions.com/fp_hello-luscious.pdf
Not certain it is what you mean though . . .
Free pattern from MODA.

[KatiesQuiltingCorner]

That is exactly what I mean, Katie. I have lots of scraps now, so it seems appropriate to use them up somehow.

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!

[Cathy F]

Great thread! Makes me want to get up in my sewing room and look at all those scraps I have thrown in a bin.