You don't actually need a foundation to do a string quilt. Either way, I prefer them with a batting, because it makes the quilting much prettier.

One I did for my grandson.

Very pretty! And thanks to everyone for their input.

Very pretty! And thanks to everyone for their input.

No batting or flannel would work too to keep it lighter :D:D:D

When I made my string quilt I quilted the block as I sewed on my strips. I used a thin polyester batting with muslin as the foundation. Plus a backing fabric.

I just stitched my strips together, cut apart into triangles, then stitched into blocks and added sashing and corners. Now I'm hand quilting SID to fleece as batting/backing combo. Really like how it's coming out.

Wow,Beautiful!
Thank you for sharing.
Christina (chrissy)

Flannel makes a nice batting, especially with the muslin foundation, and your backing fabric. I think that this would still be a warm quilt, although it would still be light! Enjoy your strings!

Your string quilts are very nice Question--is there a pattern for this?? How do you start?? Mom 6 says she sewed strips together then cut in triangles then what? As you can tell I am no quilter want to learn tho. Also what size are the strips & how big a piece do you make before cutting into triangles. I guess you then sew 4 to make a block--How big is the block?? Boy do I have a lot of ?? Oh and Kathy your quilt is really nice with the dark blue strips going thro all the blocks. Thanks
Fran

I have made several string quilts this way and have not put batting in either one, they make nice summer quilts. Mine seemed to be quite heavy when I finished them, but they turned out great, :thumbup: