String quilts without foundation piecing?
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String quilts without foundation piecing?
I just love string quilts. I love scraps. However, I do not like paper piecing- sewing through paper, ripping it out, ugh. I don't like piecing on top of other fabric because it makes the quilt bulky when I FMQ on my sewing machine. Does anybody have any successes with making strings without a foundation? I understand the benefits of using foundation piecing, but I would never complete a project with this method. Thanks.
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If you want to do this, plan on doing a lot of pressing and some trimming as you go along. I have done this, because I am hard headed, but I genuinely think it takes more effort. the advantage of the foundation is that it holds the shape. One of my guild sisters suggested using old phone book pages. They practically fall off
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There are many great patterns for quilts made from strips.(jellyrolls, honeybuns) You just need to cut and sew accurate strips together to form stratas and then cut them into blocks, triangles etc. The MSQC has some done by Jenny Doan. Check out Strip Twist by Bonnie Hunter at www.quiltville.com for free pattern tutorials.
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There are many great patterns for quilts made from strips.(jellyrolls, honeybuns) You just need to cut and sew accurate strips together to form stratas and then cut them into blocks, triangles etc. The MSQC has some done by Jenny Doan. Check out Strip Twist by Bonnie Hunter at www.quiltville.com for free pattern tutorials.
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Hi from Germany! I have done quite a lot of string quilts and it never even occurred to me to use a paper foundation. If I needed a long piece of string "fabric" I did that by piecing a larger that needed piece of string-fabric and then cutting out what I needed. If I needed really long strips I did that in increments that I then sewed together. That way I could use very irregular strips too - I just didn't handle the pieces too often so any bias wouldn't stretch. Never had a problem that way!
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