I have just finished a string quilt top....(need to get off here and piece the backing and baste!). I used scraps, new fabric, remnant bin finds, cut up clothing, odd fat quarters of the "what was I thinking variety"...anyway, you get the idea. I had all my strings on a portable clothes airer which made mixing up the colours a bit easier. It is for my newest DIL....and so far she loves it (it's her clothing remnants which are incorporated).