Strings update

This project may be the top that makes a convert out of me.

Just maybe.

I’ve not made any secret of the fact that I’m not close friends with strings, but I really hate throwing away perfectly good fabric - even if it is the form of strings.

That’s why I started this strings/crumbs project.

But I’m trying to limit myself to just the weekends - otherwise, I’m afraid I’d never make it to working on other things I want to get done!

This is what I did this weekend on this latest strings top.

I cut more 7” squares of interfacing and white cotton fabric.

I made 32 more string blocks.

Then I placed the white squares on top of the string blocks like this and sewed on each side of the pressed line - just like last week. You can see here if you are a new reader to this blog!

I ended up with 64 more half square triangle blocks and added them to the top by making 4 rows of 16 blocks each. I added two rows to the top as it was last week and two rows below the part I made last week.

This is where it stands now!

I’m pretty taken with this top so far. As I said, this project just may make a convert out of me!

I do have a summary of my strings/crumbs tops/quilts all on one page.

I started this about a year and a half ago now due to the fact that I had strings and crumbs that I wasn’t using. I decided it was time to start using them or get rid of them. It hurt too much to give them away or throw them away, so I began to get busy trying to find designs I wanted to make with strings. My problem is that I wasn’t really taken with most of the things I had seen with them.

They still aren’t my most favorite thing, but I’m realizing they can make nice quilts. I suppose close acquaintance and working with them has helped me begin to appreciate them more than anything else.

I also keep working with a design until I like it - or at least like it enough to make it.

And that’s what was happening with my strings this past weekend.

I realize that I am now about 13 tops into this crumbs/strings project. I actually can see a difference in the number of strings - way more than in the amount of crumbs I have.

This particular top - I’m calling simply “Zigzag” is using mostly strings from quilts I’ve done relatively recently.

And now you know!

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And the next one? I’m already itching to get this one do I can go on to the next one. I’m exploring this idea of HST along with the strings - want to do at least one more with it as the theme - here it is -

You can tell I’ve used the same EQ file and even the same colors. Obviously they wouldn’t be this regular…but you get the idea!

I’m behind on strings quilts - so I need to focus on them as I’ve made 9 crumbs ones, I think, and this is only my 6th strings one - the above plan is number 7. These are using up my strings quite nicely!

I may try one in reverse - using a lot of light background strings - think “low volume” and darker HST - that could be interesting as well. Not sure I have enough of those light strings, though. Just thinking out loud here.

Have a great day - wherever you are reading this!

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Be sure to check out what my sis has in the store for you!

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