How do you feel about strings?
06-20-2013, 03:46 AM
#33
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Very pretty quilt. My first couple of scrappies were controlled. Now I use the bag method. Grab a string and add. Only goes back if it isn't long enough for the spot. Sometimes I add a strip to that to make it long enough.
06-20-2013, 11:40 AM
#37
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I really like this one!
I'm not into the scrappy thing, either, but hope to find a way to start using up some of my scraps other than BOM's. Funny how no matter what you do with them they seem to reproduce! haha
I'm not into the scrappy thing, either, but hope to find a way to start using up some of my scraps other than BOM's. Funny how no matter what you do with them they seem to reproduce! haha
06-20-2013, 03:30 PM
#38
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Location: Marathon, Texas
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String Star
I have a love/hate relationship with strings. Hate sorting and storing them (they must multiply when I'm not looking) but love what can result from them....like your string blocks. Thank goodness for Bonnie Hunter's inspiration to all of us.
Here's a string star top that I just completed yesterday. I wish I could give credit to someone for the unique setting, but I can't find the reference where I saw a picture of it....on a blog somewhere, I'm sure. No pattern, just pictures of this setting in a more scrappy style. Last year was pretty stressful for me and I would just escape to the sewing room with my drawer of strings and an audiobook. I ended up with 24 red/light blocks and 24 blue/light blocks! All 10.5 inches, pieced on muslin on the diagonal. So this finished out at 64 inches square and used only 10 of those blocks. Only 38 more to use up!!
AnitaSt
Here's a string star top that I just completed yesterday. I wish I could give credit to someone for the unique setting, but I can't find the reference where I saw a picture of it....on a blog somewhere, I'm sure. No pattern, just pictures of this setting in a more scrappy style. Last year was pretty stressful for me and I would just escape to the sewing room with my drawer of strings and an audiobook. I ended up with 24 red/light blocks and 24 blue/light blocks! All 10.5 inches, pieced on muslin on the diagonal. So this finished out at 64 inches square and used only 10 of those blocks. Only 38 more to use up!!
AnitaSt
06-20-2013, 03:53 PM
#39
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Location: Nebraska, USA
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audiobook. I ended up with 24 red/light blocks and 24 blue/light blocks! All 10.5 inches, pieced on muslin on the diagonal. So this finished out at 64 inches square and used only 10 of those blocks. Only 38 more to use up!!
Very nice! I really like red and white quilts
Very nice! I really like red and white quilts
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