You can have it be as controlled or as random as you want. I've done strings with the same center fabric in each for some uniformity, and I've done them completely random, just using whatever I reached in the string bin and grabbed first. Both are beautiful.

Cari

Faintly Artistic, that is a great quilt!

Mine are really random and I'm liking the results[ATTACH=CONFIG]598834[/ATTACH]

It's a personal choice, but I prefer random.

I think that it depends on the personality of the quilt you want to make. If you make a block, whatever size you determine you want to make:

If the strips are all the same width, then the quilt will have a more structured look.
If all the strips are of a random width, then you have a more scrappy look.
If you make the center strip all of the same width and the rest of the strips random widths, then you will have a structured scrappy look.

I've done them all different ways and all of them look different. My favorite is the center strip being the same width as I feel it gives your eye somewhere to rest, while all the other strips crazy sizes.

One thing I do try to do, however, is make my corner strips a little wider, so that when I cut the block down to the size I want, I don't little pieces of fabric left on the corner. If you have ever cut a strip block down to size before, you will know what I mean.

SusieqOH; I sent you an email with a pic; did you get it?

I've done a couple of string quilts; used different widths; no specific place; just kept going til I covered the area that needed to be covered. Then squared it up.

Oh I like your quilt! Love the colorway and the design … great job!

Random (.75"-1.5") for me. If they were all the same, I'd be compelled to make them match--no thanks! :)

I love the rectangle! What size did you use??