For the very first string quilt I made, I'd decided to use all of the "yucky" fabrics in my stash. I had a lot of those because I was addicted to buying scrap bags (still am, 30 years later). That quilt remains the prettiest string quilt I've ever made. It was such a success that I decided a string quilt made from a definite color scheme using fabrics I actually like would be that much better. It wasn't. Here's a photo of the first one - apologies for not being able to resize this one. If you look at the individual fabrics, they are really horrible but somehow it all works together.
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