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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Scrappy String Thing Playtime...

I had a lot of fun during this 'playtime'. There were a bunch of flannel or brushed cotton strings and even a few strips in a box of donated Orphan blocks. I wondered what I could make with them, and if it would be enough for some sort of a top?



So I sewed, sewed and sewed. I kept going until the plastic bag was empty and this was the result.

I managed to make 25 blocks that are about 8.5". It happened totally without planning. If I had planned, I might have discarded the lightest ones. I'm finding I like string and crumb pieces better if you leave out things that read as white. The cream and lighter plaids seem to work for me, but not those white ones. I suppose it should have a border or borders added, but it will still be rather an odd size. Any suggestions? The top is about 40" square right now. It was not foundation pieced.
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6 comments:

  1. Cheryl WillisApril 11, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    do a 2 1/2" border of a favorite color and then do a 6 1/2" of stringy piano keys. If it is still not the size you want add a larger border of a different favorite print OR :words that make you smile

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  2. FinnApril 11, 2012 at 1:16 PM

    Great idea Cheryl, thank you!

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  3. Nifty QuiltsApril 11, 2012 at 4:46 PM

    It's wonderful! I think anything you do will be good.

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  4. Connie Kresin CampbellApril 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM

    Isn't it fun sometimes to just play with no destination in mind! All the blocks look great, would it be big enough for a lap quilt? Otherwise how about a narrow border and then some piano bars around it?

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  5. Magpie SueApril 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM

    Are these foundation pieced?

    If you just set what you have in a 5x5 grid you'll have the size they want for participants in the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study
    (http://adcs.org/Research/Quilts.aspx) and they'll take any type of quilt. Or if you want to donate it locally it would make a great wheelchair quilt.

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  6. FinnApril 14, 2012 at 9:37 AM

    Thanks Sue, what a great idea!! I think I do have it set 5 X 5, LOL, strange that I have to go and look at the picture to see.
    And no, the blocks aren't foundation pieced. I just one string and then another and kept adding until I had "about" 8+ inches and then whacked it off. None of the strips were very long, and I ended up piecing even the smaller scraps together to get what I needed. Right now it's about 40" X 40".

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