I am new to quilting and didn't know what a string quilt was. In Canada we call it a scrappy quilt. Or that is the term I was taught. I looked it up on the internet and found all kinds of sites with pictures and instructions. I have a question though, regarding the use of foundation paper. Is is necessary to use it? I didn't learn that way. We just sewed scrap strips until we had a piece big enough to square up to 12 inch block, then cut them in half across the diagonal to get 2 half triangles and then mix and matched them to put them together.