String Quilting?
07-20-2013, 04:46 AM
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You'll have so much fun! What I do is to cut 8" squares of muslin, take a normal school ruler (mine is 1.5" wide) and lay it diagonally on the muslin and then draw a pencil line down each side. Next, take a strip of fabric (I use strips anywhere from 1" to 2-1/4") and lay the edge of the strip right side down against the pencil line from the middle outwards. Sew a 1/4" seam, then flip the strip to the outside. Press it down. Take another strip and lay it right sides together against the raw edge of the strip you just sewed. Sew it down, flip and press. You can work on both sides of your pencil line at once. Don't worry about color placement - my best strip quilt was made totally randomly with fabrics from my stash that I no longer cared for. You will end up with a square that has a white strip down the middle. When you have several done, your center strips will form a secondary pattern depending on our layout. Can't wait to see your blocks!
07-20-2013, 04:54 AM
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Here's a link to one in my QB album: http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...62-390584.html
And here's another one. This was one of the first full quilts I ever did:
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And here's another one. This was one of the first full quilts I ever did:
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07-20-2013, 05:16 AM
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I do mine on paper and don't remove the paper until the border is on. I need backgrounds for my applique and this is quick and easy. This is the first in a series. I also use it as a border as in the horse quilt.
07-20-2013, 05:50 AM
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You do not have to use a foundation. Piece a square of fabric larger than your desired block size. Press and then, using a ruler of your choice size, trim to square it. I do starch the heck out of the squares. You can "wiggle" the square to get a strip to fit the middle strip as you cut. Hope this makes sense.
07-20-2013, 08:10 AM
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The old phone book pages sounds like a great idea! As soon as I receive new phone books, I'll take the old ones down to my sewing room! Maybe I'll ask my neighbors for theirs as well... This is a neat recycling idea....Save the environment...
07-20-2013, 08:18 AM
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Enjoy your puppy. They don't stay that way forever!! :-)
07-20-2013, 08:24 AM
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I think the string piecing would be better by machine as you want to set the stitch length really short so it is easy to take the paper off.
If you like to hand piece you might look into English paper piecing. so much fun! I use just a simple template, trace around it on the none shiny side of butcher/freezer paper, iron it onto the back side of fabric, cut those out leaving a 1/4 inch seams all around the butcher paper, then fold and baste that around the edge of the paper, next take those shapes and sew them together. Once the project is partially done or completely you take out the basting stitches and the freezer paper. You can reuse the freezer paper several times if careful. It is really fun to do small projects with set in seams this way.
Here are some pictures but it looks like they did not use the freezer paper so they had to pin it down.
http://sunshinescreations.vintagethr...r-piecing.html
If you like to hand piece you might look into English paper piecing. so much fun! I use just a simple template, trace around it on the none shiny side of butcher/freezer paper, iron it onto the back side of fabric, cut those out leaving a 1/4 inch seams all around the butcher paper, then fold and baste that around the edge of the paper, next take those shapes and sew them together. Once the project is partially done or completely you take out the basting stitches and the freezer paper. You can reuse the freezer paper several times if careful. It is really fun to do small projects with set in seams this way.
Here are some pictures but it looks like they did not use the freezer paper so they had to pin it down.
http://sunshinescreations.vintagethr...r-piecing.html
Last edited by Annaquilts; 07-20-2013 at 08:33 AM.
07-20-2013, 08:57 AM
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If you go to Pinterest and search for Donna DuMouchel there are two string quilts posted in the "Quilfts I've Made" folder. Sorry I can't post a clickable link but I am on vacation working off a new tablet and I haven't learned how to copy and paste yet!
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