I was also tempted to make some string blocks. This is a picture of the 10 blocks I made today.
These blocks are made using used dryer sheets as foundations--6" x 8 1/2". I understand why everyone has started making these--they are incredibly fast and easy to make. Today while taking to my Mom on the phone, I made two from start to finish--including the trimming. They are also "feel good" blocks because you realize that every block you make you are decreasing your pile of useless strings. Less strings means you can free up space in those totes and drawers that we all have bulging with fabric.
I like how Patti set her blocks together and I am thinking about doing something similar. I think she really made her blocks pop with the use of the narrow sashing and cornerstone between the four blocks contrasting against the wider sashing and cornerstones outside the group of four blocks. Excellent idea!
I like the look.
ReplyDeleteI will be saving my dryer sheets.
Mom
Well done on the Wicked Easy Quilt. Your string blocks are lovely. I like that sashed setting.
ReplyDeleteI like very much your quilt. I'll trie to tie off the threads and bury them by hand in my next quilting, I think this will be more neat.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog recently - it's very nice! Love the quilting on Wicked Easy. I have a large bin if strips - I need to get on some string quilts myself!
ReplyDeleteYour string pieces turned out really well. I love the way everyone has such different fabrics. I totally hate tieing off ends. I often end with tiny stitches which I read somewhere works well. It's probably not as good as doing it by hand but at least it gets done that way. Lol.
ReplyDeleteNice job on quilting the stars. How long does it take to bury the threads on a quilt after it is quilted?
ReplyDeletelove the idea of leaving the dryer sheets as rectangles.... you'd think the quilt police lived with me given my inability to think outside the square box without some prompting! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have been doing rectangle string blocks too...and yes, they sure do go fast. burying the knots sure makes for a prettier quilting look I think.
ReplyDeleteDryer sheets - a great way to use up something else. Clever girl.
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy. I should make some string blocks - drier sheets? Good idea, but I don't use them -- I wonder if I could wander around the neighbourhood and ask my neighbours to save their drier sheet for me - LOL. Hmmm - maybe I will.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog, it's nice to find bloggers from Canada. Your quilts are lovely and what a great idea to make string quilts. Nice way to use up some stash.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your finishes. I love the backing on your beautiful Gratitudes quilt. Fun fabric for your Wicked Easy Quilt. I envy anyone who machine quilts their own quilts. Wish I could but I'm not giftedly wired that way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your nice comment at my place :)
Oh Norma, your WE quilt turned sooo pretty! Those fabrics are just gorgeous and I love your star quilting! :D Thanks for the tip using the dryer sheets. I've been saving mine forEVER without knowing why...and I'm like Quilt Pixie when it comes to thinking outside the box. LOL
ReplyDeleteThe quilt looks great, but didn't that quilting sort of take it out of the wicked *easy* quilt category. =)
ReplyDeleteI admire you for tying off and burying all those threads - I start and stop mine quilting lines with tiny stitches and clip off the ends.
ReplyDeleteI love the rectangular string blocks too and that sashing looks great with them. Mom and I are working on a donation quilt that we just used a very narrow black sashing that looks very nice.