String quilts
02-05-2013, 05:42 PM
#22
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I always start mine with an 8.5" muslin square, take my 2" ruler and lay it diagonally on the square, and then draw a pencil line on either side of it. That's the line against which I lay my strips. One thing I discovered is that when I planned the colors those quilts didn't turn out as pretty as the one where I purposed used just my "ugly" fabrics and sewed them on randomly. This one has the most awful fabrics in it - there's some pink tiger fabric next to a camouflage next to a chintz and a 1970's green and it turned out so much better than I expected.
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02-06-2013, 05:19 AM
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Very impressive quilts everyone!
Scrappy string quilts are terrific, and i adore them. But there is nothing wrong and you aren't breaking any rules if you want to cut up new stuff. Many quilt designers actually plan that you cut up new fabric. I'm working on a string quilt right now from one of Kaffe Fassett's books. He definitely cuts up new stuff!
Scrappy string quilts are terrific, and i adore them. But there is nothing wrong and you aren't breaking any rules if you want to cut up new stuff. Many quilt designers actually plan that you cut up new fabric. I'm working on a string quilt right now from one of Kaffe Fassett's books. He definitely cuts up new stuff!
02-06-2013, 06:25 AM
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Check out this tutorial. http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...lt-t60764.html
Also go to Quiltville and watch Bonnie taking a mans shirt apart. I grew up with string quilts. They were a necessity for warmth on the beds. It was just after the depression and world war 2. I am sure fabric was hard to come by. I don't know if mom's strings came from sewing, as she sewed all our clothing, or old clothes that she salvaged the good parts from. They were pieced on newspaper squares. Even though I grew up with string and scrap quilts I still love the look of them. Have fun and get your strings anyway you want. You will probably have more than you can use coming your way.
Also go to Quiltville and watch Bonnie taking a mans shirt apart. I grew up with string quilts. They were a necessity for warmth on the beds. It was just after the depression and world war 2. I am sure fabric was hard to come by. I don't know if mom's strings came from sewing, as she sewed all our clothing, or old clothes that she salvaged the good parts from. They were pieced on newspaper squares. Even though I grew up with string and scrap quilts I still love the look of them. Have fun and get your strings anyway you want. You will probably have more than you can use coming your way.
02-06-2013, 07:08 AM
#29
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I made a string quilt from scraps left over from other projects. I loved that I could use up those scraps. Bonnie Hunter makes a string quilt with scraps too. You can do individual blocks or make columns. I started in the center on a muslin backing, then worked my way out from the center on each side. Press after each strip is sewn. When finished, square up. You can also do this on old telephone pages, using a small length stitch. When the block is finished, tear the pages off.
02-06-2013, 08:20 AM
#30
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I really thought that I would never do a string quilt, as they are way too scrappy for my taste, but once again the "Board" has made me rethink the issue. I could make string quilts to donate. It would use up my scraps. Just cause I make it doesn't mean I have to keep it or give it to someone I know. I could make baby quilts, wheelchair quilts....the list goes on and on. Well, another myth busted....LOL.
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