There are so many different ways to work with strips and/or strings! I'd cut width-of-fabric strips from older yardage a few years back in an effort to clear out and update my stash a bit. But then I found I wasn't using a lot of those strips. I tend to work with specific size patches rather than long strips or strata. Or at least that's what I've been doing most recently.
I was inspired to cut my long strips into 8.5" lengths by a post over on Confessions of a Fabric Addict. I do love a Chinese Coins style quilt! And now I have this basket full of strips all the same length but in varying widths:
I'm sewing the strips together randomly, up to about 12-13 inches long so I have rough blocks to work with. When I have the number I figure I'll need for the quilt I'm building I can arrange and rearrange them before sewing them into columns, and then the columns into a flimsy. Here's what I have so far:
I didn't really expect to get this far this quickly! My basket still seems pretty full. I may very well have enough strips for two good size quilts. 😀
Magpie Sue
5 comments:
I love coins quilts - there's at least one in my not too distant future. Hooray for using your strings and emptying the basket!
Looking real good- hope you are enjoying the sewing and the process!
So very colorful!! In the past I have pieced strips this way, then set them together with a solid strip between them. Baskets of scraps always seem to multiply don't they?
i love coins too and I love more posting
This looks great. And it came together pretty quickly too. Yay for pre-cutting your strips! You will zoom right through those strips almost before you know it.
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