String Thing Along

 No one's posted here for a while so I thought I'd add this since it's sort of a string quilt. This is probably the sixth baby q...

With an overflowing scrap bag last year, I decided to try a slightly different string quilt.  String Star baby quilt After dividing my strin...

I finished this quilt last year, posted it on my other blog but never added it here. Sorry. Why would I call it a string quilt? The backg...

There are other ways to arrange strings. Lately I've been exploring a few of them with Chinese Coins which are basically columns of narr...

This is the final quilt I made to clear out my scrap bin: a medallion Chinese Coins/piano keys/strings. Take your choice. It's interesti...

I quilted this top in a single spiral on my home machine. It's easy to do although I didn't hold my hands properly. The package shou...

These were absolutely the last of the string blocks. Knowing all the colorful ones were gone, I didn't have much hope for them. How wron...

It's the time of year to finish things up. Back in January I sewed all my strings into single color blocks. I used a few to make a baby ...

It's just been gifted to a charming new baby. Her parents love the bright, cheerful colors of balloon launches. So... Suhavi's ...

I finished this baby quilt while visiting Boston. Quilted on my daughter's featherweight. Yellow and white string baby quilt At Ne...

Since I wasn't careful with the amount of strings cut for Chinese Coins , there were enough to make a second quilt, too. This used some ...

We formed a small book study to work through The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters by Sherri Wood. Her second "score" is string...

I'm just starting this quilt. The original background is an old Alexander Henry (1998) floral in the top center. Since there isn't e...

I finally finished a small quilt from Rayna Gillman's workshop last August. What a wonderful teacher she is! All the participants had su...

Would you call this a string quilt? It's not like the others but it's my "final gasp" before actually throwing a string aw...

I found the last of the red and string blocks - enough to make a toddler quilt. These seem to have more blue strings than the previous one b...

I made these strings without muslin foundations and found it was much easier. First sew string sets about 10 inches square. Then sew pairs ...

I traded with friends for these blocks but didn't make the quilt until several years had passed. The thickness of blocks with muslin fou...

This quilt was started in a class taught by Diane Rode Schneck and has a muslin foundation. Having made some string quilts with random fabri...