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twinkie 10-22-2015 03:10 AM

What an amazing job you have done. I love this design. Beautiful colors.

LGJARN52 10-22-2015 03:19 AM

Wow! What a great quilt!!

southernmema 10-22-2015 04:01 AM

Just gorgeous!

Sharonquilts 10-22-2015 04:09 AM

What a great quilt. Love the colors.

quilting nurse 10-22-2015 04:11 AM

Great quilt,wonderful colors!

quiltingranny 10-22-2015 05:08 AM

Beautiful Quilt. The colors are fantastic.

MissSongbird 10-22-2015 05:10 AM

Beautiful! Those colors really bring out that pattern.

Kris P 10-22-2015 06:03 AM

I love the controlled color choices. This may be my favorite string quilt ever!

Grandma Peg 10-22-2015 06:34 AM

Absolutely gorgeous!

angelmama22 10-22-2015 06:59 AM

That is one stunning quilt! Don't throw away those scraps, folks, look what they can make!

elnan 10-22-2015 07:12 AM


Originally Posted by dmarie (Post 7351828)
I used deli papers that I got at a food service store. You get about 500 sheets for about $10.00. It's easy to remove. I bought mine about 5 years ago and still have plenty left.

More than a year ago, I bought the "String Quilt Revival" book at JoAnn's, and the no-show nylon mesh stabilizer referred to in the book and video from Nancy's Notions. The nylon mesh stabilizer stays in the blocks & quilt, and if you are ironing the blocks as you stitch down strips, a small craft iron would be better than the regular iron I used and got onto the stabilizer, made a mess.

I love the look of the string quilts! Mary Johnson has a similar quilt on her MaryQuilts.com blog. It's called "Solid Stars and Strings". Virginia Baker and Barbara Sanders, sisters who authored "String Quilt Revival", have their own website and sell products to use in making string quilts. Did I say that I love the look of string quilts?!

DMarie, thanks for posting about your quilt, and for the information about the deli papers for foundation stitching.

Sewfine 10-22-2015 08:55 AM

Beautiful, love the colors.

collector49 10-22-2015 09:22 AM

just gorgeous! Great job.

nannyrick 10-22-2015 10:35 AM

That is awesome!! Great job!!!

flikkem 10-22-2015 10:39 AM

I fell in love with this. I am always drawn to shades of turquoise. Beautiful quilt!

carolynjo 10-22-2015 11:36 AM

That is totally beautiful!

berthah 10-22-2015 02:00 PM

Hi, the colour combination certainly take this string quilt up a notch. Great job.

Notwendy 10-22-2015 02:16 PM

Fantastic colors. They really pop against the white. I need to add this one to my list of projects - think of all the scraps it would use!

Billy'swife 10-22-2015 02:28 PM

Wow......this scrappy is gorgeous! The colors add a jewel effect.

gramquilter2 10-22-2015 02:28 PM

Beautiful, love the bright colors.

tatavw01 10-22-2015 03:15 PM

OH MY GOD IT'S BEAUTIFUL! Sorry for yelling couldn't help myself...lol!

ShirlR 10-22-2015 03:38 PM

What a beauty - my fav colors!

QUILTNMO 10-22-2015 03:46 PM

beautiful quilt and colors!!!

Pinkiris 10-22-2015 04:07 PM

That is really beautiful!!

BonnieI 10-22-2015 05:24 PM

I love it! Very nice.

sewingsuz 10-22-2015 05:46 PM

Your quilt is awesome. What a great find and what you turned the scraps into!!! Don't you want to go back and show them?

ccthomas 10-22-2015 05:49 PM

Diamonds are very nice.

Barbara Kantola 10-22-2015 07:06 PM

Very striking quilt! Love the colors!

heather1949 10-22-2015 07:28 PM

Love the quilt and colors are beautiful well done :)

needles3thread 10-22-2015 07:33 PM

Wow, you found a great way to use those scraps. It made a very pretty quilt. How clever you are.

sewnsewer2 10-23-2015 03:32 AM

WOW!!! This as absolutely gorgeous! !!!!

Taughtby Grandma 10-23-2015 04:48 AM

Love this pattern, what a great use of scraps!

nwm50 10-23-2015 04:50 AM

Thrifty and crafty you are! Such a gorgeous quilt!

ghquilter53 10-23-2015 05:26 AM

Love love the colors and using the white really makes it pop. So many string quilts are plain but this one is awesome.

nannya54 10-23-2015 05:26 AM

Love the colors! Great job!

Gail B 10-23-2015 05:30 AM

Who would guess this was made from scraps? Great pattern & lovely colours.

hudgoddess 10-23-2015 07:04 AM

Way to make your treasure from another's trash! Very pretty!

jmoore 10-23-2015 07:49 AM

Beautiful colors.. Very fun quilt.

annette1952 10-23-2015 07:50 AM

Another gorgeous quilt. You do awesome work

earthwalker 10-23-2015 07:50 AM

Very pretty, great fabrics.


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