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What is String Quilting??
I love it! Thanks for sharing.
Betty "Donna973" wrote in message . .. I put a picture of my string pieced quilt on webshots, in the Works in Progress folder. The picture is a little darker than the quilt is. The border is chunks of leftover red fabrics. I have a lot of red fabric! This top hasn't been quilted yet. -- Donna973 There is no MAYBE in my reply address http://community.webshots.com/user/donna9736 |
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What is String Quilting??
Howdy!
That's fabulous! Love all the reds mixed w/ the other scraps. Way to go! Ragmop/Sandy On 4/19/06 6:35 PM, in article , "Donna973" wrote: I put a picture of my string pieced quilt on webshots, in the Works in Progress folder. The picture is a little darker than the quilt is. The border is chunks of leftover red fabrics. I have a lot of red fabric! This top hasn't been quilted yet. |
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What is String Quilting??
That's gorgeous Donna. And, as many will know, I am not able to handle
scrappy most of the time!! but the continuity provided by the red strips just gives it enough 'order'. Have you noticed the 3-D effects you get from the light/dark placement? it's fun. .. In message , Donna973 writes I put a picture of my string pieced quilt on webshots, in the Works in Progress folder. The picture is a little darker than the quilt is. The border is chunks of leftover red fabrics. I have a lot of red fabric! This top hasn't been quilted yet. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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What is String Quilting??
That is beautiful and such a great way to use up scraps. Thank you for
showing us. -- Boca Jan Southern Florida - land of the hurricanes http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/my_photos "Donna973" wrote in message . .. I put a picture of my string pieced quilt on webshots, in the Works in Progress folder. The picture is a little darker than the quilt is. The border is chunks of leftover red fabrics. I have a lot of red fabric! This top hasn't been quilted yet. -- Donna973 There is no MAYBE in my reply address http://community.webshots.com/user/donna9736 |
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What is String Quilting??
Not as far as I know. BG If she finds out and uses it I hope I get a
"royalty"! (fat chance!!!) Pati, in Phx who really needs to get a couple of these done very soon. nzlstar* wrote: how clever of you, Pati. a great little stocking stuff for xmas. does martha stewart know about this? jeanne |
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What is String Quilting??
Oh, my gosh!! What a great idea. Do you put a muslin backing behind the
batting, and then just put the blocks together? More details please!! -- TerriLee in WA (state) "Don/Gen" wrote in message ... when I make string quilts, I sew the "strings" to batting. That way, It's already quilted. Gen "René" wrote in message news:uxe1g.932068$xm3.188360@attbi_s21... "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... (Snip....) Traditionally something like muslin was used as a background or "unifying" fabric, but I like using something brighter. G Pati, in Phx Pati, I'm thinking of doing a string quilt, but I don't understand what you mean. If you use a background fabric (muslin or otherwise) why would it matter what color it was? Wouldn't it be all covered up with the fabric strings? It wouldn't show through, would it? I'm finding so many good ideas for string quilts that I'm having trouble coming to a decision of what I want to do first. So many quilts...... Thanks! René |
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What is String Quilting??
Gorgeous!! I like red, too. And I have to laugh - when I looked at the
borders I thought "I have some of that!" about the red "hydrangea" print. LOL -- TerriLee in WA (state) "Donna973" wrote in message . .. I put a picture of my string pieced quilt on webshots, in the Works in Progress folder. The picture is a little darker than the quilt is. The border is chunks of leftover red fabrics. I have a lot of red fabric! This top hasn't been quilted yet. -- Donna973 There is no MAYBE in my reply address http://community.webshots.com/user/donna9736 |
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What is String Quilting??
Pati -- Thanks so much for replying. I get it now!
René "Pati Cook" wrote in message nk.net... Okay, mis-communication time. I mean like the background in something like a star block. The center and points of string pieced fabric, the other parts of muslin, etc. Not the foundation fabric, but fabric used to accent the string pieced fabric in some blocks. Like string piecing squares, then pairing with unpieced fabric to make pinwheel blocks and so on. Hope that helps. I did a string sampler a while back, 12 different blocks made with all sorts of strings of fabric, from kiddy stuff to Orientals, to batiks, Christmas, Hanuka, St. Patrick's, and more. Used a bright teal marble to sash and in backgrounds. Fun quilt. Pati, in Phx René wrote: "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... (Snip....) Traditionally something like muslin was used as a background or "unifying" fabric, but I like using something brighter. G Pati, in Phx Pati, I'm thinking of doing a string quilt, but I don't understand what you mean. If you use a background fabric (muslin or otherwise) why would it matter what color it was? Wouldn't it be all covered up with the fabric strings? It wouldn't show through, would it? I'm finding so many good ideas for string quilts that I'm having trouble coming to a decision of what I want to do first. So many quilts...... Thanks! René |
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What is String Quilting??
Thanks Pat. I love scrappy, but I like some order to it, also! The 3-D
effect is actually on purpose, although I discovered it by accident. g I did a mock up of the quilt in EQ just to play with the setting and I noticed that sometimes rotating the blocks popped them out a bit, so I tried for that when I had the blocks on the design wall. When I first posted about this quilt, I said that the blocks were half light and half dark. It wasn't until I pulled it out to take a picture that I remembered that it's actually half neutral (not light) and half not neutral. Many of my neutrals aren't light at all. -- Donna973 There is no MAYBE in my reply address "Patti" wrote in message ... That's gorgeous Donna. And, as many will know, I am not able to handle scrappy most of the time!! but the continuity provided by the red strips just gives it enough 'order'. Have you noticed the 3-D effects you get from the light/dark placement? it's fun. . In message , Donna973 writes I put a picture of my string pieced quilt on webshots, in the Works in Progress folder. The picture is a little darker than the quilt is. The border is chunks of leftover red fabrics. I have a lot of red fabric! This top hasn't been quilted yet. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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What is String Quilting??
I sew the blocks together, add a backing, and stitch on top of the seams so
the backing is "quilted" also. Depending on the batting used, the seams may not lie as flat as I would like, so I use a decorative stitch on the seams. Gen "TerriLee in WA" tlbishop at earthlink dot net wrote in message ... Oh, my gosh!! What a great idea. Do you put a muslin backing behind the batting, and then just put the blocks together? More details please!! -- TerriLee in WA (state) "Don/Gen" wrote in message ... when I make string quilts, I sew the "strings" to batting. That way, It's already quilted. Gen "René" wrote in message news:uxe1g.932068$xm3.188360@attbi_s21... "Pati Cook" wrote in message ink.net... (Snip....) Traditionally something like muslin was used as a background or "unifying" fabric, but I like using something brighter. G Pati, in Phx Pati, I'm thinking of doing a string quilt, but I don't understand what you mean. If you use a background fabric (muslin or otherwise) why would it matter what color it was? Wouldn't it be all covered up with the fabric strings? It wouldn't show through, would it? I'm finding so many good ideas for string quilts that I'm having trouble coming to a decision of what I want to do first. So many quilts...... Thanks! René |
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