What a brilliant idea!!

Thanks, this was great. We get 4-6 phone books a year and no one wants to take them for recycling so I am glad to have this tip. You should send it into Fons & Porter, Sewing with Nancy or some such where they give you a little prize for tips, I'm sure you would win.

I love the phone book idea. Thanks!

JUST LOVELY !!!

Nice work and good job preparing the tutorial.

thanks for the web addy and your photos. quilt is really cute. :thumbup:

Thanks for a great tut!

Vaguely same subject - just a little different. I have an old quilt top, strips sewn, then diamonds cut on paper put together into stars. I found one piece of paper dqated 1932. Long story short - it was started by Hubby's grandmother, then his Mom worked on it. He inherited it and I kept telling him I would quilt it for him. Well, he is gone (died) and I'd like to quilt it for my step-daughter (3 generations having worked on it). Question - is there anyway to preserve the old pieces of paper, proving it's age?

I didn't know we could interrupt someone's tutorial! :shock: Not that I intend to.

Great quilt. I have made many of these,seems everyone likes the bright colors, just finished one for run for life in each of my 2 close cities here in Fl.I used paper for the first few but didn't like ripping off the paper so now I buy bed skirts at the thrift stores, the skirts has a lot of fabric and the center works well for the base for the string quilts and you can just leave it on very light weight

bug

Thanks for the tute & will try one soon

I like how you used the same color and size in the center of each block. It ties them together in a nice way. I will have to try this!

thanks for sharing this with us.

Your string blocks are really lovely and I like the blue you used as a focal color. I do mine with telephone book pages and foundation cloth. I prefer the cloth foundation that stays in. Once you pull the paper off, everything is on the bias. I have also done strings on dryer sheets. These turn into a diamond pattern, or cut paper 6.5 x 9.5 inc.

Thank-you for posting this tutorial along with the link to the heartstrings site. :)

My only problem is not having enough time for such great projects like this. Thanks for sharing!

OK, stupid newbie question: why do you need a foundation piece? Why can't you just sew strips together?

I am going to run out to the recycle toter and grab my old phone book which I threw in there a couple of days ago. Thank you for this great tut.

I have never done paper piecing so maybe I dont get the whole concept of this but why didnt you just sew you strips together and cut the square without the paper?

It wasnt a problem at all.

Glad everyone is enjoying the tute. Would love to see some pics!!!

The telephone pages were not my idea, an idea I got from Quiltville.com. Thanks Boonie for all your useful info.!

Kyia

Nolee, You can use muslin or scrap fabric for a foundation if you want to. No tearing necessary and others have mentioned this. Might be perfect for you! Good luck.

Kyia

Sorry, rushdoggie I do not know the answer to this. I was following the original link I posted but switched it with the telephone book paper. Another suggested that after you tear the paper off it is on the bias and I am guessing this is why the foundation is used, so there wouldn't be any stretching.

You can always try it without the paper and see what happens.

I love your profile pic by the way. Cute doggy!

Kyia

See answer above to rushdoggie. I followed the directions on the heartstring's site. Don't know what would happen if I did it this way.

Kyia

Thank you for the lonk,looks great

Thank you for the lonk,looks great

Thanks for the Tout, I have so many strips I have been saving for ???? This looks great. One way to recycle a phone book. LOL

Nice...thanks for posting...I love that you used old yellow pages....telephone book pages are great for paper piecing....nice tearaway.

Here are three big blocks put together using 12 of the individual blocks.

Kyia

Now how are you going to finish? With that I mean are you going to border, sash or just sew squares together continuously? Be sure to post when you finish.
Vernell

great tut... :D

Hi yours is lovely and looks similar to a reversible blocks I have made--see photo

Back and front

Looks fascinating. How do you make them?

Hi I followed instructions from a book bySharon Pederson called Reversible quilts.
You basic cut a square of wadding/batting then cut your strips at different widths and a triangle,then it's really just flip and stich

That is only a very short version

I posted a tute in the tutorial section.

I will put all four blocks together to cover the top of a double bed and then a center strip border to frame and then not sure on the other borders yet. Maybe a piano key border to tie in some more scraps.

Kyia

attempt at posting pics
 

I don't think it worked.

great information very helpful

Finished top!
 

Here is the finished top. I am quilting it now. Hope to have it done by June for graduation.

Thank you Patrice J for explaining to me how to resize the pictures!

Thank you to Pittsburg Pam for the tute on how to miter corners. First time!

Kyia

Don't know if you ever got an answer to your question ... You can sew the strips together and cut the square, but then you have a lot of bias edges and you have possible stretching to contend with. Using a foundation, whether paper or cloth, provides stability. You can also use short lengths of strips.