another "ugly" brown quilt
10-18-2010, 10:14 AM
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billswife99 wrote:
Okay, here we go...
First thing I had to do was learn how to make a string quilt. I think I read just about every inch of this site before I got started.
http://quiltville.com/stringquilting....shtmlstarted.
I used Kabnet wax paper that I bought on ebay and it works really well but I wouldn't use it again because I didn't like having to tear it all off. Next time I will just use cheap muslin and leave it in the quilt.
I cut a bizillion 10" squares of the paper out and then cut them diagonally to give me the triangles. I should have cut them at 10.5" for the seam allowance. I later realized I didn't need to cut them in half. But oh well, learn as you go! I sewed strips to each half, starting in the middle point for the first one and on the wide end for the second one.
Then starting with 4 of these, I pointed them all towards the center to make a square.
Then each row follows the direction of the original square in the middle. Make sense?
thanks Jenell, this is the same site I got instructions from too, and I followed your directions, with only a few differences. I choose 2 contrasting fabrics for the outside border of the triangles and made all the centers the same (black print). a little more work but it was the look I wanted for this top. I agree with the paper, I used tracing paper and would not use again go with the muslin. Also, I used only 6 different fabrics, not including the black centers and frame of triangles to achieve the look I wanted
to see the pictures you can go to billswife99 post
Okay, here we go...
First thing I had to do was learn how to make a string quilt. I think I read just about every inch of this site before I got started.
http://quiltville.com/stringquilting....shtmlstarted.
I used Kabnet wax paper that I bought on ebay and it works really well but I wouldn't use it again because I didn't like having to tear it all off. Next time I will just use cheap muslin and leave it in the quilt.
I cut a bizillion 10" squares of the paper out and then cut them diagonally to give me the triangles. I should have cut them at 10.5" for the seam allowance. I later realized I didn't need to cut them in half. But oh well, learn as you go! I sewed strips to each half, starting in the middle point for the first one and on the wide end for the second one.
Then starting with 4 of these, I pointed them all towards the center to make a square.
Then each row follows the direction of the original square in the middle. Make sense?
thanks Jenell, this is the same site I got instructions from too, and I followed your directions, with only a few differences. I choose 2 contrasting fabrics for the outside border of the triangles and made all the centers the same (black print). a little more work but it was the look I wanted for this top. I agree with the paper, I used tracing paper and would not use again go with the muslin. Also, I used only 6 different fabrics, not including the black centers and frame of triangles to achieve the look I wanted
to see the pictures you can go to billswife99 post
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