String Quilts- Ill show you mine, will you show me yours?
06-18-2012, 07:24 AM
#161
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This is beautiful, you would never know it's beginning was humble scraps. Thanks for letting us see this wonderful quilt.
06-18-2012, 07:53 AM
#162
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One of my first quilts was a string quilt. At the time I had not accumulated a stash so I had to go out and buy fabrics. Today I guess I'd be able to do it out of the strips stash and whatever has been set aside as scraps.
It was also the practice ground for FMQ stippling. By the time I finished the quilting, I had mastered that technique well enough to do it blindfolded.
It was also the practice ground for FMQ stippling. By the time I finished the quilting, I had mastered that technique well enough to do it blindfolded.
06-18-2012, 07:59 AM
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I make a string pieced block from fabrics in each quilt I make. I also embroider the name of the quilt on the center string. Eventually, if and when I ever decide to quit quilting, I can make this one last quilt of memories for me. Here are the ones I have done so far. I just put them on the design wall in no particular order.
That is very, very clever. I will definitely follow this excellent example.
06-19-2012, 07:46 AM
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06-19-2012, 07:57 AM
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