String Thing Along: Inspiration

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Inspiration

My friend showed me this quilt made by her grandma.

In love?

I am.

Here's the back where you can see she used thin muslin as her foundation for all those strips.

Since it's not quilted yet.....

We get to see the "guts". Lol!

13 comments:

Julierose said...: Oh this is a lovely piece of work. Just gorgeous...thanks for sharing, hugs, Julierose; July 27, 2014 at 3:16 PM
Missie of Traditional Primitives said...: Thumbs UP! It's beautiful!; July 27, 2014 at 5:28 PM
Brenda said...: Thanks Beth for sharing this and welcome to the String Thing Along!; July 27, 2014 at 5:35 PM
Paulette said...: That's fantastic! Love it!; July 27, 2014 at 7:03 PM
Jeanneke said...: Beautiful! Love it!
Cheers,

Jeanneke.; July 27, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Ann said...: What a lovely quilt top! It's delightful to see something different. Thanks!; July 28, 2014 at 3:56 AM
Scrapatches said...: Beautiful! Inspiring use of strings. Thanks for sharing ... :) Pat; July 28, 2014 at 7:49 AM
Nifty Quilts said...: Yes, in love! Thanks for showing it.; July 28, 2014 at 10:37 AM
Teresa in Music City said...: That would be a lot of fun to try to duplicate! It looks like propeller blades to me :) Her grandma had a great sense of color!; July 28, 2014 at 9:34 PM
Quilting Stories said...: Very beautiful! It's the first time I see this pattern for a string quilt.; August 9, 2014 at 12:28 AM
Dona said...: Very different, I love it!; August 11, 2014 at 6:15 AM
Anonymous said...: This is beautiful. Thanks for the insight.; August 12, 2014 at 10:56 PM
Julierose said...: What a lovely old-fashioned quilt that also manages to look modern--amazing! Hugs, Julierose; August 27, 2014 at 12:45 PM

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