Monday Making

I played with strings this week.

Don't you LOVE string quilts?

They are definitely one of my favorite kinds of quilts.

This nine patch of strings was made using 6" squares

and 6" half square triangles I made using a foundation.

Sometimes I use a foundation and sometimes I don't.

My old phone book contains the perfect foundation paper.

I hope it never runs out!

LOL

Here's a small section of a quilt top that is still waiting to be quilted.

Someday........

What are YOU making this week??

Monday Making

There's a theme going on in my sewing room.

It seems I'm on a baby quilt KICK!

Debbie at "a quilter's table"

has a quilt along going

and I succumbed.

I began a NEW quilt with others still unfinished.

Surprise. surprise!!!

Once I began sewing strings together...

I couldn't STOP!!!

The tiniest little pieces were used to make

this adorable pincushion!!!

Yeah for teeny tiny scraps!!!

What are YOU making this week??

Just for fun

Improvisational Quilt:

many scraps.

crazy colors.

lots of LINES.

After making a VERY large log cabin block...

I cut it into four pieces...

and

added some extra strips.

(should have taken a BEFORE photo

BEFORE cutting the large block up.)

;)

Happy quilting!

Friday Finish

Here's my newest finish.

A bright sting quilt.....TWIN size!

I pulled lots of bright happy colors.

The browns and DULL colored scraps are still in the basket.

They didn't get to play in this quilt.

;)

I love scrappy quilts.
Don't you???

String quilt

I am in the midst of a STRING quilt.

Very satisfying WORK!!

It is work and play ALL wrapped up together in ONE

and I LOVE it.

After pulling this block out of the orphan box Monday

and wondering what color to make NEXT.....

 

I knew (Within 2 minutes)

that my blocks needed to be

FULL of COLOR!

I KNEW I had enough scraps for this one!

 

I was so excited after making block #1...

I kept sewing.

;)

 

Sue asked for my block info...

so I'm adding it here today.

My squares are 6" x 6"

 

After sewing strings together....

I trimmed and pressed.

 

You need FOUR of these 6" squares for each block.

 

For the corner triangles..

I used one piece of 7"x7" phone book page

(If you're careful with that 1/4" seam

I'm sure you could do it with 6 1/2" as well...

but I like some "Elbow room")

 

I paper pieced the strings

beginning in the niddle and pressed as I added strips.

When the paper was full....

 

I turned it over....

Trimmed along the edge of the paper....

Cut DIAGONALLY

and removed the paper backing.

I cut a 7"x7" muslin square

and cut that diagnally as well.

I sewed a string triangle and a muslin triangle together

then I had to trim ONCE more

to make the square 6" x 6".

 

Each block needs FOUR of these half square triangles.

 

I now have this beautiful set of blocks

GLOWING on my sewing room floor.

 

Initially I thought I would add muslin sashing

around/between each block.....

But...

I'm going to let it GLOW a bit longer

and see if this quilt helps me DECIDE!

I kind of like them ALL close together.

 

Happy sewing!

String Quilt

I finished a string quilt today.

The 1 1/2" strips were hand me downs.

Not sure I would have put these colors together....

but it's a SCRAP quilt.

The very BEST kind.

;)

These little strips of cotton

make me so happy!

As soon as I finished the last seam...

I ran to my daughter's room to see if it FIT!!

It DOES!

 IF I had to choose a favorite KIND of quilt....

The string quilt would be IT!!!!

;)

what's your favorite?

This is all I had left when I was done.

So happy to use ALMOST ALL of the scraps!!

My scrap bucket can't fit any MORE!!!

String quilt Love

Making quilts NEVER gets old.

It's an exciting ADVENTURE every time!

Even when I AM making a BOY quilt.

Boy quilts are a bit of a challenge for me!

I love cute. pink. and Sweet.

Those things DO NOT describe this quilt!

;)

But BOYS need quilts too!!!

This quilt will be given to a high school graduate

at my church.

Gotta love a stringy. scrappy. FUN quilt!!!

Blocks were made using an old sheet for foundation.

Strips/scraps were added to the triangle foundations and trimmed.

Cream Solid triangle was added to the string triangle to make 

8 1/4" half square triangles.

Put it all together with a border.

VOILA!

Friday Finish

I was able to sew this week!

Digging through scraps and sewing little strips together

suits me JUST fine.

;)

This little vintage strip here is really the inspiration for the whole quilt.

That  ONE little tiny, PRECIOUS scrap

DROVE this quilt.

LOVE all that color.

Mid week....when I was working away at sewing strips together

I recieved another LITTLE bunch of vintage fabric

and it contained JUST the RIGHT blue

to fill this quilt out.

BELIEVE it or NOT...

I have PLENTY of fabric here...

but cutting into yardage kind of defeats the purpose

in a little scrap quilt like this!

Crazy logic???

This polka dot backing is just perfect.

I'm a frugal quilter.

This polka dot was a sheet in it's former life.

OOOh!

I love giving cotton fabric a second LIFE!!

Strips/strings used in this quilt were 10" tall

and in the top row they are 7" tall.

You might also notice I pieced some strings.

Can't let ANYTHING go to waste!

:)

Quilt measures 40"x44"

Have a great weekend friends!

String love

This scrappy quilt has been unfinished for a while now.

It has been sitting in a little basket on my sewing table...

Calling my name!

I love the soft colors in this one.

I love the greens, pinks.....

the little bit of orange.

 

I love the white strips as well.

White provides such a nice contrast...

don't you think?

I make lots of baby quilts.

This one is NOT a baby quilt.

It's actually a generous 60"x80"!

Just the RIGHT size for the bed

in my sewing room!!!

 

I'm going to LOVE looking at this one!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some sanity sewing

I've said it before.

I'll say it again.

When life is SUPER busy...

I sew scraps together.

?????

 

Scraps that DON't NEED to be sewn together.

:/

I find it helps me get through the busy times

with some sanity.

;)

 

My daughter is getting married Sunday.

So what am I DOING???

 

I'm pulling out scraps.

Sewing them together willy nilly

and

getting them trimmed up.

Between wedding preparations...

I sew.

 

I'm SURE to have a nice stringy quilt top when it's over!

:)

Maybe I'll have a couple of pictures too!