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Old 05-07-2012, 12:43 PM
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Oh, I love the way you've built this, the plain blocks really set off the string blocks
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Old 05-07-2012, 01:03 PM
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BettyB, I too love the way you have set your string blocks!! Giving me more ideas. LOL
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Old 05-07-2012, 02:34 PM
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I bought 7 big bags of scraps at a garage sale and can't wait to make many scrap/string quilts Yeahhh! Thanks to all for sharing your beautiful quilts!
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Old 05-08-2012, 02:51 PM
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I know this isn't a picture, but I stumbled onto this kinda nifty tutorial re string quilts & thought I 'd share.

http://tiacurtisquilts.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html
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Old 05-11-2012, 02:53 AM
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I love your quilt. So thankful that someone started this thread. String quilts are all beautiful but this one is my favorite.
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Old 05-11-2012, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by dorismary2001 View Post
I was really pleased with this one and the triangles were really easy to line up in columns.
Dorismary2001,yours is my favorite string quilt of all the beautiful quilts. I love the dimensional look to the design.Many great ideas for putting one together. Thanks to all.
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Old 05-12-2012, 08:36 PM
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Here's another kewl way to do string blocks ---> http://fredashive.blogspot.com/2010/01/string-spool-tutorial.html

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Old 05-12-2012, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dorismary2001 View Post
I was really pleased with this one and the triangles were really easy to line up in columns.
Love, love, love this variation!
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Old 05-17-2012, 03:25 PM
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OK, more (many more) pix & tutorials for string quilts (P. S: They're really cute) --->

http://www.filminthefridge.com/tutorials/
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Old 05-17-2012, 05:40 PM
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Love the zig-zags! Definitely going to give this a try.
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