I don't get what the 'reciept' is for when making string quilts
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If you want to see a really WOW crumb quilt,check this one!!! Made by Izy!!http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...on-t13771.html
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for some reason, I am unable to upload a pic. Sorry.
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crumb quilt vs. crazy quilt
If you want to see a really WOW crumb quilt,check this one!!! Made by Izy!!http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...on-t13771.html
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You can also use used dryer sheets for foundation for string quilts. We had a national teacher come to our guild and she made one with fabric from every project and eventually had enough for a top and rememberane of each project she had completed.
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Thanks for the wonderful explanation and examples. I am going to get a roll of paper real soon.
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I think maybe she is talking about the cash register receipt rolls. I read somewhere that you could use these, then cut the excess off the edges and you would have a straight strip. My grandma and great grandma used pages out of the Sears catalog. Folded one end over to make a square then cut off the excess. Made the perfect block for sewing your strips to. I remember sewing these for them when I was a kid. I've used paper, muslin, scrap fabric (ugly) haha and interfacing scraps.
#39
No I didn`t ...wish I couldactually that one was done by Charisma in one of our trades.....my sis-in-law got that one.....i was a bit puzzled as how to quilt it but C knew what to do.....
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You don't need to go out and buy paper. Use trash fabric. Old bed sheets work perfectly, especially the parts that are very worn, but not worn through. The sides of a fitted sheets are usually not worn much at all, and if you use those, you will add a lot of weight to your quilt. I tear mine in different widths, from 2 1/2 to 4 or even 5 inches, and piece them to make strips a little longer than I want my quilt to be.
I put a piece of fabric, face up, on the top of one strip, then put the second piece face down, Be sure the side you will be sewing on is STRAIGHT. The edge of the first piece doesn't have to be straight, just the next piece. Sew it in a seam, anything wider than an eight of an inch will do. Flip it so it covers the next spot on the foundation strip. Then add the next piece. Here is where I start a new strip so that I can chain sew. I usually have four going at once; sew a piece to all four then cut off the first three and bring them to the front and sew on another piece. All those long tails sometimes get kind of tangled, but I've learned to handle that. After all the strips are covered and you have enough for the width you want, sew them all together. A scrappy binding looks good on this. Use all your left-over binding pieces and sew them together. If some are very long, I cut them up.
I've made three like this. They are called Confetti Quilts.
I put a piece of fabric, face up, on the top of one strip, then put the second piece face down, Be sure the side you will be sewing on is STRAIGHT. The edge of the first piece doesn't have to be straight, just the next piece. Sew it in a seam, anything wider than an eight of an inch will do. Flip it so it covers the next spot on the foundation strip. Then add the next piece. Here is where I start a new strip so that I can chain sew. I usually have four going at once; sew a piece to all four then cut off the first three and bring them to the front and sew on another piece. All those long tails sometimes get kind of tangled, but I've learned to handle that. After all the strips are covered and you have enough for the width you want, sew them all together. A scrappy binding looks good on this. Use all your left-over binding pieces and sew them together. If some are very long, I cut them up.
I've made three like this. They are called Confetti Quilts.
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