Originally Posted by
Pollytink
I'm trying to sort all this about "string" quilts and foundation piecing out! New terms to me: "strata"=the pieced blocks, right? "Lasagna" quilts=basically a jelly roll quilt, right? I've wondered if using e.g. muslin as a foundation would make the quilt more bulky once you add batting and backing? "Flip and Stitch" basically same as string piecing but string pcg are strips in a row on the backing and F+S can have the strips arranged around a center focus fabric? There are two threads about baby quilts I love that say they are basically a crazy quilt block using the flip & stitch technique: Focus Fabric from a Scrub, and Finished! by weasier22. I finally found one or two tutes on doing them this way or I'd never have figured it out myself! I hadn't been grabbed by string etc. piecing but am beginning to be hooked in! So many questions, so much to learn! And about using used dryer strips as backing, I'm going to have to quit cutting them in half to be frugal and leave them whole! Whew!
There are several things going on in this thread.
Some of us cut long strips or have long strips of fabric and sew them together, then cut them up in some way to make something new; or leave them as is, as in jelly roll race.
Some are sewing strips, (any length) to foundation shapes.
And some are sewing scraps to strips of paper or fabric foundation. The resulting strips (strings) of hundreds of scraps are then sewn into something.
The first one I could do without a foundation, but I wouldn't want to attempt the last one without one.