I've been slowly adding to my string blocks this week, loving these small simple 8" blocks.
A string quilt is such a simple sew and is often made from a scrappy dive into your scraps, using a mix of leftovers from bindings, offcut strips, and those trimmings from the edges of larger pieces of fabric.
This time though, I'm mainly using larger fabric pieces from my stash rather than just from my scrappy strips & strings basket, because I had a particular colour combo I was bursting to try.
Here's a few progress photos ...
For those curious ...
I'm going for a mixed palette in peach/caramel/purples/blue, repeating many fabrics.
I decided to use a peach print as my center strip in each block, hopefully it will connect everything up and give the eye a place to rest on my busy blocks.
My strips will be inconsistent widths throughout, to give that organic look.
And I'm aiming for wonky diamond centers in soft mauves.
With this latest batch, I've also added a few 'lighter' blocks into the mix, and it's all looking so good.
Oh, and for a change, I'm using tissue paper squares as my foundation, but - and here's a tip from then came June - I'm only sewing through the paper once. I sew that first seam through the fabric and paper, then fold the paper back out of the way. Finish one half then flip and sew the oppersite side.
Once both sides of the block are sewn, I'm trimming to size using the paper square for guidance, then ripping out the paper. Easy peasy!
This one is growing fast, I've made 22 blocks now
… and I was thinking I'd make it at least up to a cute cuddle quilt size, but then there was slight hiccough in the production line - I've run out of my peach center strip fabric :(
Happy weekending wherever you are,
Linda
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