I'm Still Here . . .

Like so many others,

it has been ages since I've posted here.

I cut the fabrics above 

into lots of skinny strips

to make a spiderweb quilt.

But that plan fell by the wayside.

Instead I'm going to use the colorful strings/strips

to piece scrappy strata by color groups

as part of the 2020 Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

January's colors are light and bright greens.

I've pulled those from the large box

and plan to start piecing strata very soon.

My goal is to share each set of strata

here at the end of that month.

One seam at a time!

Quiltdivajulie

Humble Quilts Strings QAL

Did you know that Lori over at Humble Quilts

is hosting a Strings quilt along?

Go check our her latest post HERE.

Lori also posted about it HERE.

I plan to participate with at least two quilts.

I also plan to share photos here on this blog.

I LOVE STRINGS!

Quiltdivajulie

The Spotted Winkel Quilt is Finished!

My quilt named The Spotted Winkel is finished!

Lots of string pieced circles and more.

Come visit my blog to see lots of photos

and learn the story behind this one-of-a-kind quilt.

Quiltdivajulie

The Spotted Winkel

This is my newly-completed quilt top

for the current Ad Hoc Improv Quilters'

Playing With Scale challenge.

Inspired by my grandson's Winkel baby toy,

it features lot and lots of string pieced circles.

There are more photos on my blog -

CLICK HERE to visit.

Quiltdivajulie

Still Part of The String Thing Gang

In the fall of 2016 I attended AQS Chattanooga Quilt Week

and made an evening side trip to visit SPOOL.

(a truly marvelous LQS that was closed by the co-owners

so they could move on to other aspects of the quilting universe)

These two bundles of Cherrywood fabrics came home with me -- 

and since then I've used them to virtually design 

at least a few dozen (!) different kinds of quilt tops.

As part of my preparation for Lynette's 18 in 2018 challenge,

I chose to listen to my heart and go with some sort of string quilt.

This one by Amanda Jean Nyberg is named Slopes

and comes from her latest book No Scrap Left Behind.

I've liked the design since the first time I saw it.

Time to quit pondering and start cutting/sewing!

Here is a work in progress photo

showing the 25 inset strip blocks in the foreground

and the remaining 56 blocks sorted using my plate system.

(I also added a splash of plaids and near-solids to the ten Cherrywoods)

In this photo all 80 blocks has been sewn together

with about 1/3 of them pressed.

At some point this quilt's name made itself known.

Groundhog Day

(could that have been influenced by the repetitive - but oh so soothing - 

stitching together of string after string after string?)

CLICK HERE to see how these blocks look now on the design wall!

Quiltdivajulie

Strings That Just Keep On Giving

Come on over to my blog 

and read about these boxes of strings -

CLICK HERE

Strings for QOV

These are the first four 12.5" string blocks

for a quilt top that will be donated to Quilts of Valor.

These are being pieced onto thin muslin.

One consistent 1.5" red string

plus a variety of scrappy blue strings

form the center for each block.

Thirty-five blocks will use up a LOT of scrappy 

white-on-black and black-on-white strings.

The goal is a layout five blocks wide

by seven blocks long.

LOVE the way these look together!

Quiltdivajulie

String-y Things Going On

It all started with a string stash I've been 

accumulating for the last year or so.

These three boxes plus another larger box with . . . 

these pinks, oranges, and reds.

You can read the whole story over on my blog,

but this project has moved itself to the top of my list.

First there were these blocks . . .

And then THIS happened.

CLICK HERE to see what happened next.

Quiltdivajulie

String Quilt Top Finished

Party Hat Optional  --  53" x 73" 

This quilt top was inspired by the Toran pattern

in Sujata Shah's new book Cultural Fusion Quilts.

You can read about my string quilt's genesis

HERE and continuing HERE.

The quilt top's actual construction happened within a single week!

Monday's post

Tuesday's post

Wednesday's post

Thursday's post

Friday's top and back reveal post

* * *

I LOVE STRING QUILTS !!!

Quiltdivajulie

Here and There

Introducing Here and There,

the finally-finished second string quilt from last year.

That's the Mississippi River in the background.

(Photos taken at Mud Island River Park in Memphis)

This is the other string quilt named Moving Right Along.

It was gifted to an expectant grandmother earlier this year.

(Her first granddaughter is due this month)

***

You can read more about these two on my blog.

There are more strings in the near future!!

Quiltdivajulie

Amish Strings Is Finished

Come on over to my blog

to see lots more photos ~

I love string quilts!

Quiltdivajulie

Amish Strings - the flimsy

The flimsy measures 60" x 72"

You can see several other photos of the flimsy

on my blog and on the UnRuly Quilter blog.

* * *

Thanks, Brenda for this string quilt challenge!!

Quiltdivajulie

My Amish String Quilt - An Update

Here are my purple strings - in progress.

I trimmed them to 20" (more or less), saving the cut off ends.

Those end pieces were then stitched together to create more (scrappy) strings.

I used the same approach with the pink strings.

* * *

Come on over to my main blog to see what happened

after the pink strings and the purple strings were 

joined together and trimmed into squares!

You can also see photos in my latest UnRuly Quilter blog post.

Quiltdivajulie

Blueberry Nonsense

My name is Julie.

(as in Quiltdivajulie from Me and My Quilts)

When Brenda told me about the String Thing Along,

I immediately thought about one of my UFOs.

You can see some of the pressed and 

ready to trim string piecing above.

And then there were six long columns of stitched strings.

The rest of the photos are in my Friday blog post ~

come on over and see how the flimsy turned out!

* * *

Thanks for getting us started, Brenda.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the different ways we use our strings.

Quiltdivajulie