String quilts

Today is the first day of the All About Strings Blog Hop. Thanks so much to Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks for hosting. I have never made a strings quilt before. So after researching on how they are made I went to my EQ8 and began to play around with a few design ideas.…

scrappy string quilt | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Use magazine pages and draw diagonal lines in various widths.

Learn to make a variety of string quilt block designs including diagonal squares, diamonds, circles, triangles, columns, and fans. This complete guide takes quilters through every step of the string quilting process with helpful tips and suggestions throughout each chapter. Discover how to make beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilts using the Design Elements, learn to group string blocks together, and create more than a dozen unique blocks using the String Piecing Techniques. With step-by-step…

Made from strings less than 2 inches wide. The fabric in the middle of the blocks is Habitat Dandelions by Michele D'Amore for Bernartex. The dimensions of the quilt are 72" by 90". Just added some better photos of this one to join in with Rachel's Festival of Strings at Stitched in Color: www.stitchedincolor.com/2013/05/festival-of-strings.html I finished this top in April 2013, and I'm just waiting for inspiration to hit me for the back of it! And the quilting, and the binding.... :)

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At our September meeting, I did a demonstration of the Spider Web Quilt Block. It is a simple string quilt block with several variat...

Yes, I'm still playing around and tinkering with string blocks - if you haven't seen it - check out my other string block post here: String Blocks and More! One of the quilt layouts I had drawn up was to arrange the string blocks in a pole twist (twisted ribbon) style quilt. This quilt is essentially made with 90 String Block Half Square Triangles. With a 9 HST across x 10 HST down, three borders: the quilt measures about 84" x 91". UPDATE: Don't forget to go to the bottom of this post to…

Posts about #strings written by alwaysquilts

I don't know about you, but I miss seeing and visiting with all of my friends in the quilting community. We have always known that quilting is just a vehicle to hang out with friends while we learn new things, but now that has become abundantly clear! I'm thankful for social media, emails, and texts

Today I am going to show you how to make the Blended Scraps Blocks that I used to make Reflection . These blocks are easy and fun to make....