Questions About Making String Quilts
#11
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I just sewed mine together without any paper or muslin. I don't think I had any strips that were less than 1-1/2". I didn't have any problems. I have had a problem with another type of quilt that was a triangle with a large base that stretched so I do starch my material now. I sew by hand so it is probably different than sewing on the machine.
#12
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I save tissue paper like you get with shoe boxes and tissue paper by the package is cheap. I 20x30" sheet will give you 6 10" layer cake slices. I save all my tissue paper. And I usually tear the paper off after I have the sheet filled. It's one of those things you can do at the computer or in front of the tv.
#13
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I have heard about using Pellon 830 for the foundation. This what I plan to use when I make a string quilt. It is very thin but strong enough.
When I was about 9 or 10 yr old, my mom taught me how to make string blocks by sewing strips onto squares cut from pages of an old Montgomery Ward catalog!
When I was about 9 or 10 yr old, my mom taught me how to make string blocks by sewing strips onto squares cut from pages of an old Montgomery Ward catalog!
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