Thread: Questions About Making String Quilts
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Old 12-23-2014, 09:11 PM
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Tartan
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I've done the Spiderweb string pieced quilt from Bonnie Hunter's free pattern on www.quiltville.blogspot.ca She uses phone book pages and shows how to make the center template. I used the phone books pages as well and a smaller stitch length and the paper came out easily after each triangle was trimmed.
I did another string block with thin fabric foundation and it made the blocks thicker than I liked. I set them with 3/4 inch (1/2 finished) black sashing so the the thicker block edges could be iron into the sashing. This made the quilt top all feel about the same weight and it quilted fine with my machine.
So paper or foundation fabric is up to you.
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