Tippy

I have not made one, but it's a formula that my grandmother used frequently for those odds and ends that were long narrow "strings" of fabric.
she would make them frequently into triangles or other shapes and sew together.. she would take old newspapers, cut a stack of shapes and stitch "strings" to them, trim to shape and stitch together. then remove paper from the back.. she called them string quilts or spider web quilts. This is also the type of quilt that scrap quilter's granddaughter Breanna is learning on, using the scraps we send her..

Izy

Here's a link to my tutorial...


http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/6951.page


Have fun!! :D

sewjoyce

I love the quilt pictured here! However, my little mind can't grasp her concept of putting the blocks together.....can anyone help? :oops: :oops: :oops:

Izy

SewJoyce, I will try to explain:D

Make the blocks, QAYG style, so you have mini block sandwiches. Trim square.

Place two blocks BACK sides together.


Lay a binding strip (1" wide I think will do) the same length as the blocks, down one edge right side to right side of block which will be on top.

Stitch 1/4" seam through all three layers.

On the back side will be a regular seam

On the right side you will have the seam allowance plus the binding flapping.

Fold raw edge of binding strip for seam allowance under then fold over the exposed seam allowance and stitch down!!

Continue along the width of your row as above.

Then to join rows use the same technique but use a binding strip the full length of the row.

Well that's my understanding of it....hope this helps:lol:

Many quilters choose to just cut the backing fabric 1" bigger all round and use this to cover the joins on the front in a similar manner, but your backing has to coordinate with your top.

I would prefer the above technique as you have more choses to play with colour or go completed scrappy to match :D

sewjoyce

Thanks Izy -- Your explanation makes much more sense than what I was reading!

I've done the fun and done method where the backing is larger than the front block and that was easy. But this way just wasn't clicking in my little mind :oops: :oops: However, this does sound as easy as well as quick and gives lots more color options!

Thanks again!! :D :D

bearisgray

That's what I'd do.

Izy

Glad to help sewjoyce :D

GailG

Oh, Sewjoyce, I'm so glad you posted this. I don't understand either. I thought I was brain dead from 3 days of baby-sitting the 1-yr-old great grandson. I was going to wait until I am rested to try reading it again. :oops: