Originally Posted by vbourck
So far I think I am the only person who hasn't liked making these string blocks. I do like how they look, just found them very tedious to piece. Now if I were doing QAYG, I think I would like them a lot better! And I have seen some really pretty quilts made of string blocks- maybe it was just the huge amount of them that had to be made? Anyway, I know when this quilt is finished I will be glad I did them. I am NOT whining!!!
Vickie - I have a string quilt I have made several times that is a QAYG. It is in a book called "Quick Quilts" by Susan Ramey Wright. You start with a backing and batting the same size (in the instructions 6 1/2 X 39" - I have made larger ones using the same idea), then start at one end of the strip and sew strips from 1 3/4 to 2 3/4" on a diagonal across the strip. The instructions are for a crib size quilt, but I've made several 57 X 72" lap size quilts using this design. It makes a ladder effect. In this quilt you make the "ladders" go up on one strip, and down on the next. Makes an interesting variation. There are 2 1/2" sashing strips between the ladders. and a 3 1/2" border.