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!

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Strings That Just Keep On Giving

Come on over to my blog 

and read about these boxes of strings -

CLICK HERE

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.

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Vintage String Quilts

I took these photos at our local quilt show this past October, and I thought you might like to see them here.  I have more explanations and photos on my blog Indigo Threads.

Both of these quilts had older quilts inside as the "batting".  They are very heavy quilts.  I think these qualify as pretty much the ultimate in scrap quilting!

Magnolia Sewing Circle Makes String Quilts

At our annual Magnolia Guest Day Sewing I helped with the ‘string quilt’ project. We started this quilt last year. You can read about it HERE.

Alma, Tressa, and Pat

Some of the blocks ended up smaller, so we decided to make two separate quilts.

Thelma made 4 string blocks at home for the beginning of another “String quilt.” The same 4 blocks look different depending which color you turn toward the center.

   

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)

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You can read more about these two on my blog.

There are more strings in the near future!!

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Magnolia Sewing Circle Makes String Quilt Blocks

At our Magnolia Sewing Circle today I was in charge of this group of ladies making string blocks for a comforter top.

By the end of the day their 38 blocks made quite a show.

AUTUMN WINDS --A MEMORY QUILT

Here is my partially string pieced Autumn Winds quilt....the side blocks were my

very first attempt at the "Eye of God" block string work.  I thought it apropos to use for the Change of Seasons.....

(Sorry for the crooked photo--it was windy outside my deck!!)...I used some of my first attempts at hand dying fabric and a whole lot of leafy fabrics which I collected after attending a knitting retreat with a good friend on Killington Mountain; the trees just about shouted with vibrant color that year and they inspired me to make this quilt--the 3rd quilt I ever tried.

Here are a couple more including that wonderful brown grasses fabric. And, that wonderful little blackbird on red (I wish I had more of that one!!)

This quilt took about a year to make; I just was flying by the seat of my pants--

no plan:  make some blocks and see how to fit them together.  I hand-tied it with brown embroidery thread............

Altho' today, I would probably done it differently, I cherish this quilt for the wonderful memories it evokes....hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse