String Quilt

QBee - Mary Ann wrote:

Paws, that is beautiful!! (I'd have said so sooner had I figured out I could click a link to see it. Duh.)

QBee--I haven't figured out yet how to post an actual picture .

Finisher, I think your quilt is wonderful!

Mine wasn't difficult. I used paper as my foundations. I just sewed on the lines, trimmed and set the blocks together. I haven't quilted it yet..I'm waiting for cooler weather. I want to hand quilt because the fabrics are indigos, double pinks, shirting and maroon. All repro fabrics. It will look more like an antique once the quilting is done.

finisher wrote:

FB..I don't like my string quilt. I shouldn't have used any off white in the strings?

:peek: It sure looks fine to me. You're just too up-close-and-personal with it. Us normals who see it allow our eyes to trick our brain into not seeing the light strips; we fill in the 'gaps' in the color without even thinking of it.

It truly is a wonderful quilt.

Paws its really looking nice. !!!!!!

LOL FB! To us crazy people the white looks like gaps/breaks in the design. It would have been stronger without those to me?

Finisher, like the pattern you used... nice to see something different....

Paws to quilt wrote:

The String Blocks are all finished!!!!

Good job, Paws...I am glad you are being productive! :)

Great!!

QBee - Mary Ann wrote:

Paws to quilt wrote:

Then after that.......the dreaded binding.........ISH!!!!!

You know we're here for you, Paws! We'll cheer you on when you whine, oops I mean stitch, your way through the binding Go, Paws, go!! !

QBee, Of course I will whine---I am good at it!!!!!

So happy for you Paws!!!!!!! Congratulations on another finished project!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo:

Now I can't wait to see it all done!!! Norma

Both the string quilts are beautiful!! Paws, you do good work when you are chained to your machine!! Perhaps you need to do the other foot so that you can make one for me! I agree with you about the binding--such a tedious job that seems to take forever--at least it takes me many, many hours to do the binding on a bedsized quilt.

And Finisher, your quilt is lovely--I do like the turquoise border. The orange peel design (at least, that is what it would be called if it were a weaving pattern) sets off the diagonal of the strings quite nicely.

Ah, so much I would like to do, so little time!!

Carolyn :sigh:

Carolyn, you could have your other foot done .
That does tend to keep you in limited spots.

Paws...your quilt is beautiful! Love your colors!

Finisher...I love yours too! I've never seen one done in that setting. Very nice.

I am fairly new to the strings-thing! I have joined two swaps (on other board) which I really enjoyed. The first one, I made into a quilt for my son. The second is still waiting on me to do something with! I need to make more blocks for that one however.

I like Paws's best! I just love her fabrics. They are so warm looking I swear the more I see..the more I want to do!

Karol..how were your blocks done? I think they are a great way to use scraps..and I just love having so many fabrics in a quilt.

I just found a new pattern for a scrappy quilt... hope to do it... time..time.. someone give me more time.....

Well..if you give up sleeping Golo..just look at what you could do! I'd love to see what you come up with.

golo wrote:

I just found a new pattern for a scrappy quilt... hope to do it... time..time.. someone give me more time.....

You can't just drop that on us and not tell us what the pattern is, golo!

C'mon, spill! (Ohhhhh.... it's the Tobacco Road one, isn't it? oooh, aaahh) :bounce: :bounce:

That's very effective!! Nice job.

Yah.Golo is teasing us isn't she? Come on Golo..spill the beans! At least give us a hint.

Paws to quilt wrote:

The String Blocks are all finished!!!!

Now I have to decide on a border....color and width. Any suggestions?
Then after that.......the dreaded binding.........ISH!!!!!

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I like doing bindings, it's borders that make me cranky!

Paws, if I was close to you, I'd do your binding for you. :D

Missmommy, if you were close to me, I would let you .
I'll make Cinnamon Rolls for you while you do my binding.

Heck I'm closer, if your fixing cinnamon rolls I'll come do your binding, I don't mind them either and I love cinnamon rolls!!!