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03-25-2015, 05:21 AM

#11

cjsews

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If you are doing a scrappy border like gsbuffalo did, I would put it on muslin just for the sake of keeping your row straight. If you are just putting a solid border on, I would not worry about backing it with muslin. As GS's quilt has the green inner border, it probably is not backed either. Things should be just fine.

03-25-2015, 05:24 AM

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ljptexas

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Wow!!! Purty, purty! Love those scrappies.... I love to make these. They are "a no brainer"... I have alot I'll do something with someday...

03-25-2015, 10:53 AM

#13

TexasSunshine

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I like doing scrappies like that also. I do put borders on mine but think it would be fine without it.

03-25-2015, 11:08 AM

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Annaquilts

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Originally Posted by KenmoreGal2

That's magnificent!! How did you get all the white stripes to line up so perfectly?

Indeed! I want to know too. Great quilt! Great job!

03-25-2015, 11:12 AM

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jbj137

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03-25-2015, 11:17 AM

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lynnie

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Love it, love scrappies. this one came out great.

03-25-2015, 12:27 PM

#17

zozee

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Looks great! Colors are popping and I totally get what you mean by feeling like it's a free quilt. I loved doing my first string quilt from scraps. Yours doesn't need a border. I think just white binding would be cool because it would give the illusion of white triangles on the edges.

03-25-2015, 01:45 PM

#18

rhilkey

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I am doing a few of these string blocks when my scrap pile gets big. I use plain newsprint for backing, 10" squares. I will put them together when the finished stack gets bigger (have about 15 now).

03-25-2015, 01:48 PM

#19

slbram17

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Originally Posted by sandrab64

Great project for when you want some mindless sewing. I used muslin for the foundation. Question: since I used muslin on the blocks, would a border look and feel weird since that is not on muslin? Should I just bind it and not put a border on? I really like the idea of using scraps and am looking forward to doing more! It almost feels like a "free" quilt!

Really nice looking. I tend to like borders, it feels like it finishes the quilt to me.