Question about a string/strip quilt
12-04-2013, 12:55 PM
#31
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 15,639
I followed Peggy Martin's guidelines for making a string quilt and she says to take out the paper before joining. I did and it all went together great. No problems and no stretching. I was careful when I took out the paper so I wouldn't stretch the block. Leaving the paper in to the end would have made the quilt hard to handle.
12-04-2013, 05:38 PM
#32
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,430
I remove the paper also after I have sewn 4 blocks. Once in a while, if the block is rather large, I will remove the paper and then starch the heck out or the blocks and square them up. I have a couple of pizza boxes full right now of starched trimmed blocks waiting. . . .
12-05-2013, 03:17 AM
#34
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3,712
I prefer to use my vast old collection of thin cheap fabrics I have accumulated, or an old worn sheet from the good will. I have used paper and I do not like it as I usually end up tearing out a seam or two along while tearing off the paper.To answer your original question , when I did use paper I tore it off all at once and then regreted it because I had to repair so many blocks .
12-06-2013, 12:01 AM
#35
Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 76
I'll be making my first string quilt next month at our guild's retreat & we will be using paper foundations, so I'm really interested in the feedback here. I like Audrey's idea of trimming it with an extra 1/4" all the way around. It makes sense to me to keep the paper out of the seam, but still have it there for the stability.
After sewing the strips on the paper I trim the block 1/4" wider on all sides. For example, if the paper squares are 10", I trim the block 10.5" with the paper centered leaving 1/4" on each side. This way when I sew the block together the paper isn't in the seam allowance and it is easier to remove later.
12-06-2013, 01:03 AM
#37
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Salem Iowa
Posts: 15,666
I guess I am lazy. I don't use anything. I just sew strips together and then cut out my block. I have done them so the strips are straight and the same width or I have sewn them so it doesn't matter if my seams are crooked or not. I don't worry about bias. Never had any problems sewing the blocks together.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
