Sujata's Basket

I spent the weekend hand-quilting this. I'm very pleased with the result. Sujata had sent the basket block, along with a scrap exchange last year.



I love using #8 perle cotton and a sashiko needle. Thank you, Sujata!!

blue strings.

Beginning with a stack of blocks.

Blue strings attached to a 9x9" paper foundation....

I made this quilt top.

It Still needs to be a bit bigger.

I haven't yet decided how it's going to grow...

But I will. ;)

Then I made this quilt top.

I have enough blue string blocks to make

ONE more quilt!!!!

These are being made for the graduating high school seniors

at my church.

We had a sewing day in January

and the ladies came and made string blocks.

It was a great project for beginning quilters!

All the seniors this year are boys!!!

Maybe I'll get to work on "cute" quilts next year! ;)



String Quilts

Strings.. 

I am having so much fun these days with them, I would like to invite you all to join the fun.

Come along with me and see how many different ways we can make string quilts. Here are few examples of what I have done with strings in the past..  

Work in Progress 2010

  

 Inspired by the quilts of Gee's Bend. 2009

 

My original design

"Home on the river front" 2002

  

A class sample for "Inspirations from Quilts of Gee's Bend" 2003

 

"Ferris wheel" 2010

Original pattern that used up most of my strings at the time!

 

 "Snow falling on Cedars" 2011

 

String Quilt 2005 

  

I guess I should call it, My library quilt!

Crater Lake 2005

Cranberry Sauce 2004

Original pattern by sandy Donabed

From the book, "A Colorful Journey" 

 Okay, can you tell that I love strings?

Have you made a string quilt?

Would you like to make one?

I am working on one right now and will post some pictures real soon!

If you have already made one or are working on one..

I would love to see your quilt!

Beth just made one! It is beautiful! Go check it out!

Scrappy Strings

24" X 38"

Don't know where this is going just yet. 

Lots of strings got made into a piece of fabric. 

A new quilt might be on the horizon. 

Slow progress in the sewing room.

My Sewing Room Was A Mess!

Sujata challenged us and I dumped out my scraps and went for it! The fabric was flying but I am happy with the resulting quilt.



Pink Valentine

 I only need to put the binding on and I have a Valentine for me! Sujata thanks for giving me this challenge. The only "problem" is now I have about 5 other quilts swirling around in my head!

A Scrap Challenge

Anyone?

I have been working on my scraps and think it is time to have our very first challenge..

Are you interested?

Here are the rules!

Must have scraps

A quilt no larger than 24" X 24"( So we have something to post at the end of the month)

And since it is February.. How about a quilt that has a message of "Love"

It can be as simple color red.. But more importantly something you LOVE..

Leave a comment.

Are you in?

Here is the progress on my cleaning.

I found lots of strings in my scrap bins.

Some I had been saving on purpose for other quilt and some that I was not aware I had! 

It was time to put them in a quilt top. 

I cut them on a slant and into Approximately nine inches long.

Made blocks that were Nine inches square. 

Approximately of course!

Divided them in half square triangles. 

I am getting good at eye balling the sizes.

And sewed them back again in to squares!

If you make this quilt, make sure the diagonal cut is reversed for half of the nine inch squares.

If you post it on your blog, please link it back to here!

As you can see, I have not squared them off. 

My brain is still whispering.. 

So I will wait until I hear it clearly!

 And here is the progress on my other Scrap quilt.

Hope you are having some fun with your basket of scraps.

Scrappy Play

I am definitely in the mood for cleaning. Today I decided to clean up more of my scraps. 

This is what I came up with.

Lots of little pieces sewed up in long strips with sparks of half square triangles and sticks laying here and there. It is going to be my Bee Block for 15 Minutes Bee.

Although, it is hardly a block you can sew up in 15 minutes, I learned a lot in the process. Can you imagine making an entire quilt using only bits and pieces? The larges size of a square or a rectangle is 3" long. The longest strip is 4" X 1.5". That would take forever to make a bed size quilt. 

Anna Williams and Rosie Lee Tompkins have done that. 

With my 15 minutes bee players, I will have one of these.. A bed size quilt!!! I am so excited!

 Maker unknown

From the book, Accidentally on Purpose by Eli Leon

I wish I had a better picture of this quilt. It is really difficult to take a picture of a glossy page of a book.

But, you get the picture!