Pretty! Don't feel bad, I have 2 tall kitchen trash cans FULL of scraps. Just haven't felt like using them.

Use tissue wrapping paper; easy to sew, cut and remove as well as cheap. Blocks are light and easy to quilt.

I love the scrappy quilts, somehow they fit any room, any bed or any sofa or lounge chair. Great Quilt. Thanks for posting.

One of the things I use for paper piecing is sandwich paper. It is non-waxed, semi-transparent, and is cut to a 12" square. Restaurants use it to line baskets for french fries. Very inexpensive and you get LOTS (1000) of paper. I get mine at the local restaurant supply store. All the little tiny bits of paper that stick to the corners of seams will wash out/dissolve, so I don't have to worry about getting every last little bit of paper removed.

I have a friend who uses no foundation...just sews the strips together and cuts the squares.

We had a lecturer at our guild meeting who suggested cotton batiste, but I've had a hard time finding it.

I have used well worn sheets cut up in squares for crazy quilts, they are a little heavier but not too heavy...tearing off paper just does not appeal to me.

Like scrappy quilts. Great quilt

it came out beautifully. i love scrap quilts and i love your design. so very pretty

Happy to hear about that ". Easy Pattern ". If I am out of used sheets as I won't use paper then have to take it off.

old telephone book pages. Love your quilt and thanks for sharing.
Karen

I recycle 100% cotton bed skirts for the fabric, and often the tops are a thin fabric that is not good for anything else. There is a lot of it, especially on King size skirts and I cut this fabric and use it for backing on string blocks as well as T-shirt quilts.

Pellon 830 Easy Pattern -- like a very thin interfacing, flexible but doesn't shrink or stretch. Comes on the bolt 42" wide (yes, 42 not 21 like clothing interfacing). I think it has gone up to $2.49 a yard, but with a 40% coupon from that big box store .... I think it is sold as a material if you are drafting a pattern, or making a new one from one used too often and is falling apart. I love it for string projects.

Bridal eisle runners. Great for foundations, washable and can be dried, without shrinking. Best of all, no tearing away paper. It is lighter weight than muslin. I have also make the quilt that you have pictured and I used the bridal eisle. It can be purchased from HobbyLobby with a 40% coupon. Give it a try!

I've never made a quilt like this. Why do you need a foundation?

No suggestions for a foundation, but your top sure is pretty!!!

Paintmejudy, I love your avatar. I just finished a quilt top with that pattern but used black for the background. The stars are batik and the effect is stunning.

Sweet, nicely done

Could you use a lightweight stabilizer or pellon for your foundation? That shouldn't add much extra weight, even with the batting, I wouldn't think it would be too heavy.

I have only used this for small projects and it worked -- it is very light weight and is polyester so I pre-washed everything and shrank the batting.

I have used a light muslin too, like the scrap/string quilt :)

I use very thin fabric that my quilting buddies
are putting on the
give away table...Bu watch it so it
doesn't move on you.

Love scrappy quilts.

The string quilts all seem to work as long as there is a strong color center strip to pull the blocks together. I've used multiple-time used dryer sheets, blank newsprint from the dollar store, phone book pages, and old sheets. Whatever works for you is good.

I haven't made a scrappy yet but the scrap bags are spreading. Has anyone tried the water soluble backing used for machine embroidery, it seems to be strong enough to last the sewing part and I don't want to find out the hard way that it isn't suitable? It is quick to rinse out which I would find easier than tackling tearing paper out.

I love the idea of a thin batting. I'm going to get some and try that. I have a box of strips that are piling up.

This is a great string quilt. Last time I made one it felt like I ended up with more scraps than when I started. What's up with that?

Great way to use scraps

I too used the dryer sheets... more difficult to quilt,,, but was fun,, I am ashamed to say it really didn't even make a DENT!