What to do with quilt strings?
Posted By drsao on March 2, 2008
There are many things that one can do with strings of material.
Thanks to my friend’s, (Sheddy) recommendation, I was inspired by the many creative scrappy quilts designed by Bonnie Hunter (shown on her QUILTVILLE.COM site) so I decided that I would just have to make a few heart string blocks with some of my left over scraps of material – and true to the Bonnie Hunter STYLE, I foundation pieced these strips onto newsprint.
Some of my heart string blocks have a teal 2″ strip down the diagonal……and I have made quite a few of these blocks 9 1/2 inch blocks so far.
This was so much fun to do – and it was MINDLESS and creative. I have discovered that I love foundation piecing!
I am not sure how difficult this will be to REMOVE the paper later – this is my FIRST TIME to paper piece.
I had so much fun making these blocks that I decided to try to make some more heart string blocks with leftover scraps of red, white and black material – and this time I foundation pieced onto used computer paper – again taking the example of Bonnie Hunter! I used the whole sheet of used computer paper – making 8 1/2 inch blocks and then 3 1/2 inch border strips.
And THEN – I just had to make a few pastel heart string blocks with 2″ yellow diagonal centers …
I had TOO MUCH FUN and now I can TRULY say that I am contributing to a GREEN AMERICA….using up scrap material and scrap computer paper…….
But wait – there is ONE MORE THING that one can do with strings of material.
I don’t imagine that many of you have done this!
My grandangel, Nanna, tied very long strings of fabric to the five blades of my ceiling fan – and VOILA – she produced a spinning cat toy.
Our cats, Oreo CHIPPIE Cookie, Midnight Junior, and Cuddles TinkerBELLE had SO MUCH FUN with their own version of SPINNING HEART STRINGS!
Leanna and I both had the flu this past week – and this is how we kept ourselves from being bored and from feeling sorry for ourselves!
And my room is now in PARTY MODE!
Glad to see you’re feeling better. I love your cat toy! Missed you Friday. See you soon, I hope.
Love the string quilts but unlike Bonnie, I can’t stand to pick the paper off which is why I use a muslin base.
I have just started doing some string pieced quilts. I bought freeser paper because that was the instructions in the first pattern I had seen.
A little difficult to pull the paper off but I increased the stitches per inch and it was easier. I love the way that the fabric will “stick” to the shiny side of the papar when ironed.
I have since seen suggestions using old typing paper or even old phone books. (I’ve got plenty of those)
I think I will try several ideas to see what I like best. Can’t afford to use muslin since the budget is so tight.
Is this fun or what? A great way to use up those scraps!