This is what 64 string blocks look like... This was the layout when I last took a photo- 42 blocks. So when I returned home and headed back into the sewing room, I diligently got to work on the last 18 blocks. "Oh look, I made too many!" I had to sew the blocks together slowly.... Now that the papers had been removed. All those pesky bias edges and pins! I find if you creep up on the pins they don't jump up and break the machine needle! But when I remembered to pin the rows together.... it was so much better, Easy access to both pin heads! A black-and-white photo always helps with the placement of blocks and evening out the values. I certainly put a dent in my scrap stash. One of my favourite blocks Mainly by making the backing out of stash too! We are experiencing a beautiful sunny Winter's day, which certainly feels like Spring can't be far away! So I took the opportunity to head outside and get some photos of it hanging on the clothesline! What you can't feel is the warmth of the sunshine. You can't hear the birds revelling in the sunny day too! Or the sweet smell of daffodils and jonquils blooming.... Happy days! SUZ

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I'm following Vicki's lead and quilting for an hour first thing in the morning. I have been making a lot of progress on my Scrappy String and I'm enjoying it immensely. If I keep up at this pace, this quilt will be done in no time. Since I've decided to make it a tall, narrow wall-hanging I think it will be easy for me to quilt too. I have an idea of what I want but I'll probably play around a bit. I don't want anything too complicated or swirly. I'm going for a more "modern" and simple look, but graphic too. In this bottom photo it's possible to see at what stage I'm working. All of the triangle portions of each block have been sewn together and now I'm sewing the blocks together into horizontal rows. I've only just done one row so far, but I do love how it's looking. I'm planning on using a black/white polka dot for binding and no borders. Even my husband looked at it and commented (before I told him) that that's what it needed. :) He always surprises me as to how much knowledge he's picked up over the years. He's really developed quite a good eye for color. Take care,

This is what 64 string blocks look like... This was the layout when I last took a photo- 42 blocks. So when I returned home and headed back into the sewing room, I diligently got to work on the last 18 blocks. "Oh look, I made too many!" I had to sew the blocks together slowly.... Now that the papers had been removed. All those pesky bias edges and pins! I find if you creep up on the pins they don't jump up and break the machine needle! But when I remembered to pin the rows together.... it was so much better, Easy access to both pin heads! A black-and-white photo always helps with the placement of blocks and evening out the values. I certainly put a dent in my scrap stash. One of my favourite blocks Mainly by making the backing out of stash too! We are experiencing a beautiful sunny Winter's day, which certainly feels like Spring can't be far away! So I took the opportunity to head outside and get some photos of it hanging on the clothesline! What you can't feel is the warmth of the sunshine. You can't hear the birds revelling in the sunny day too! Or the sweet smell of daffodils and jonquils blooming.... Happy days! SUZ

Need an easy way to use up those fabric scraps? Making a quilt using free-pieced strips is a great way to bust through your scrap bins.

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on the Double Pinwheel String Quilt. I really appreciate your kindness and enthusiasm! As promised, I am going to post a tutorial for this quilt in several parts, starting today. We'll get the technical stuff out of the way first, making the template for the inner red pinwheel. This is not hard, it just involves drawing lines and cutting. Simple, really. First, a note about fabric. I'm going to talk about blue fabric and red fabric, because that's what I used, but you can choose your own color scheme, of course. I would recommend Kona cotton for the solid fabrics. As I have mentioned, Candy Blue and Rich Red were what I used. As far as yardage, I am going to estimate you will need about 2-2/3 yards of the blue and 4 yards of the red. What fabrics you use for the string-pieced pinwheels is totally up to you. I used scraps in my stash, cut into 1 or 1-1/2 inch strips, or "strings." So, here we go! Part 1 - Making the Template Let's start by making the template for the narrow inner (red) pinwheel on this quilt. For this, you'll need to make a template out of lightweight cardboard or some other such material. You will be tracing your template onto your red fabric, as I'll explain in Part 2, so it needs to be sturdy enough to trace around multiple times. In this example, I am using cardstock, but you could use the inside of a cereal box, etc. Step 1: Cut a piece of cardstock into an 8-1/2 inch square. Step 2: Mark a diagonal line from corner to corner. Cut along diagonal line. Step 3: Take one of the triangles you just cut and reposition it on the cutting mat so that the longest side of the triangle is at the bottom (toward you). This long side should measure 12 inches. Then mark a point 3-1/8 inches from the right-hand corner on the lower edge of the triangle. Step 4: Using your ruler, draw a diagonal line from this mark to the top point of the triangle. Cut along line. Step 5: Place the smaller triangular piece you just cut off the right side onto another piece of cardstock, and trace it. Important: Do not flip the piece over that you are tracing. I'm using a different color cardstock here, for illustration purposes, but you can use whatever you have. Step 6: Add 3/8 inch along the right (longest side) of the traced triangle. Draw this line. Step 7: Mark grain line along the long edge. Trust me, it's important! Step 8: Cut out your cardboard template along the outermost lines you just drew. And there you have it--the only template you will need for this quilt! You can get rid of all your other cardboard pieces and scraps except for this one piece. Next: Part 2 - Cutting and piecing the blue and red units.

THIS IS A DIGITAL PDF PATTERN FOR THE QUILT. IT IS NOT THE QUILT! Gee’s Bend Strips and Strings: 50” x 75” Original quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph: 49” x 74” Redrafted for today’s quilters by Debby Kratovil The quilt on the cover is my adaptation of Mary Lee Bendolph’s quilt and was beautifully quilted by Connie Gallant. This quilt is owned by Windham Fabrics and hangs in their offices in New Jersey. Now you can create your own version of this popular Gee's Bend quilt! The original Strips & Strings Quilt was created by Mary Lee Bendolph. Windham Fabrics acquired the rights to adapt this pattern from Ms. Bendolph and asked Debby Kratovil to write the pattern. All cutting, piecing, and assembly instructions/diagrams are clearly illustrated inside, along with a photo of the original quilt and the designer, Ms. Bendolph. Debby retains the rights to this pattern. NOTE: THERE ARE A FEW UPDATES TO THE CUTTING OF THE STRIPS. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAST 2 PAGES OF THE PATTERN FOR THESE CHANGES/EDITS. SIZING / FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 50" x 75" You can see fabric requirements in the fourth image above. These fabrics were created by Windham Fabrics in partnership with Debby for the most realistic approach to making a copy of Ms. Bendolph’s quilt. Any solids - and even batiks - will work perfectly.

It has been a good quilty month!! I finished a UFO and got it on a bed. I pieced this string quilt at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015. My aunt quilted it on her long arm last spring and sadly it has sat just needing the binding since then. But now the binding is on and it is covering son #2. All o f those seams and that extra layer of foundation muslin makes it a very heavy and warm quilt, perfect for winter. Here are 3 more quilts with the bindings sewn on, just ready to be hand sewn down. One has been quilted since last year, one I quilted myself on my machine and one I just got back from The Dancing Bobbin, our LQS. Hopefully these will be done by the end of February. I got 3 more quilt tops prepped and ready for the quilter. Backs are sewn together and batting is cut. My January comfort quilt is finished and turned in. I used some layer cake scraps and practiced my machine stitching. I am still very new to machine quilting and my machine throat is pretty small, so I am very happy with how it turned out. I finished up 2 more quilt tops. And started 2 of the scrap quilts that I have on my list for this year. A scrappy bear paw: And a Polaroid quilt: I've had a lot of fun this month and feel really good about moving some of these projects along. Thanks for stopping by! Tracy

5 String Electric Bass Lefthand / left-handed model Body: Alder with flamed maple veneer 4-Strip bolt-on neck: Maple with Ekanga veneer strips Fingerboard: Wenge Fingerboard radius: 26" Scale: 34" long scale Nut width: 45.0 mm Just-A-Nut III tedur nut 24 Extra high nickel silver jumbo frets Pickups: active MEC J/J Active 2-band electronics Volume, balance, treble and bass controls Warwick machine heads 2-Piece Warwick bridge Warwick security locks String spacing: 16.5 mm Distance B to G-string: 66 mm Strings: Warwick Red Strings (42301 M) .045" - .135". Chrome hardware Weight: approx. 4.0 kg Colour: Almond Sunburst Transparent, high-gloss Including Rockbag Student Line Plus RB 20515 B/PLUS and hexagonal truss rod key Let op! Registreer uw aankoop op www.w-distribution.de/en/Warranty voor een verlengde garantie van 4 jaar. 30 30 dagen Money-back garantie 3 Drie jaar Thomann garantie Leverbaar sinds April 2024 artikelnummer 589799 verkoopseenheid 1 stuk Colour Sunburst Body Alder Neck Maple, Ekanga Fretboard Wenge Frets 24 Scale Longscale Pickup System JJ Elektronic Active Incl. Case No Incl. Gigbag Yes

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Papier Peint Photo - Chaîne De Perles 400X280Cm Papier Peint Erroi Taille les pièces: 400x280: 50x280 50x280 50x280 50x280 50x280 50x280 50x280 50x280 350x245: 50x245 50x245 50x245 50x245 50x245 50x245 50x245 50x210: 50x210 50x210 50x210 50x210 50x210 Un papier peint photo durable, imperméable et résistant aux rayures sur l'entoilage 'Chaîne de perles' à coller au mur. Papier peint photo Chaîne de perles avec un thème inspirant sera un ajout impressionnant à n'importe quelle pièce. Les tissus non tissés sont montés avec de la colle. Il peut être monté dans n'importe quelle pièce, même la salle de bain ou la cuisine. Papier peint intissé, poil brillant. L'entoilage 100% masque les imperfections du mur. Crée une couche isolante contre le froid et permet aux murs de respirer. L'impression imperméable est très durable. Impression de haute qualité La qualité d'impression numérique avec une résolution allant jusqu'à 600 dpi dans la technologie Xeikon et les couleurs vives font que le photomural remplit et agrandit l'intérieur. Assemblage facile La division du papier peint en bandes de 50 cm de large facilite son application. Écologique et sûr Utilisant des matériaux sûrs, nous recommandons également nos modèles pour la chambre à coucher et la chambre des enfants. Emballage sûr Le Wall Mural est roulé et pré-emballé dans un tube en carton, ce qui assure la sécurité du transport. Chaque tube comprend le manuel de collage. poids :120 g/m2 largeur pour 1 rouleau :50 cm technologie d'impression : laser (impression thermodurcissable)

I sure haven't shared anything in a while, yet I have pinned up a few things. I see so many quilters making house blocks. This one...

There's been a bit of quilting stuff happening, and other sewing of course. I'm a bit of a fan of this girl, and her beautiful work. I spied this quilt in Feb and think I pulled all the scraps out for it straight away! It took till now with all the other projects that came up to get it started- and it only took me a week! I used a pink homespun with it, as I use so much white in quilts I wanted something different. I haven't decided on the layout yet, there are a few versions in the original post that inspired Nova (who has now inspired me hehe) so I might put the design wall up tonight and get laying! I also saw this on Nova's blog (OK, now I sound all stalkerish, but I saw it over here too, it was a coincidence, I swear!) Anyway, it was good timing, as I have been pretty slack for the nephew...I mean, only 1 quilt in 8mths....sheesh!) I got out the blue cotton stuff I scored a while ago when the school was throwing it out; and a plan formulated when I spotted this thread at Spotlight. I'm going a bit neon mad at the moment, I like 'pops' of it in things at the moment. So I joined The QAL and got started....might be getting ahead of myself though, better slow down! Couldn't resist a mirror ball dot in there hehe The girl decided she needed to make some new lavender sachets today for her drawer....and lucky Henry got one for his sock drawer too! I had the Maze and Vale prints already pieced for a cushion, and this scrap was in the scrap bin just waiting... Oh, and I finally got a snap of the girl and her braces...only took 3 weeks, and I think she forgot about them for a sec! I really thought it would be a year before she let me take a pic of her again! Speaking of cute (weren't we?) here's the little man himself- 8mths old and standing/cruising and has started those slobbery baby kisses. In. Love!

Earlier this year in my Facebook group we were discussing the idea of doing another quilt along this summer/fall. Well guess what – after organizing my schedule for the remaining year, I have…

(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE ) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width o...

I finished my last RSC quilt top on the very last day of the year. Nothing like a self-imposed deadline to get you motivated! At the begi...

Every once in a while, I find myself with a large amount of scraps in a specific colors. The fastest and easiest way of busting these scraps that I have found is to sew up a single color string quilt. One of the great things about these monochromatic quilts is you can really hide some really old scraps! To make the sewing as mindless as possible, I do sew the strips onto a fabric foundation. I can then just sew on the strips using the Leaders/Enders method as I work on other projects. And before you know it, the scrap bin is empty and you have yourself a twin size quilt! I even had a backing on hand that worked perfectly. So this makes finish number six so far for 2014! I had included this quilt as part of my goals for both the 2014 Finish-A-Long with Katie over at The Littlest Thistle and the 2014 UFO and NewFO project over at Joanie's Trendy Quilts. Let the finishing trend continue! I will be sharing this with the following linky parties. Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation and Really Random Thursday at Live A Colorful Life, Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts, and WIP Wednesday with Freshly Pieced. Be sure and check out these blogs for even more quilty inspiration.

Tangled in the Kite Strings Throw 52” x 61” or Twin 64” x 82” Scraps, anyone? Leftover strips, pieces, yardage… One project’s leftovers are another quilt’s fabrics. String piecing is back and more fun than ever. Reuse those leftovers and rejected fabrics and make this colorful, scrappy quilt. Jelly roll strips work as well. After this project, you will probably be dangerously low on fabric…you might just have to go out and buy more!!! Supplies Thread Pins Scissors Seam Ripper Rotary cutter Rotary mat 6” x 24” ruler Fabric Foundation fabric: 2 ½ yd. for either size Center Arrows and First Border, both sizes: 1 ¾ yd. for 30 or 35 blocks Assorted strings: Lots and lots of scraps, leftover strips, selvages, jelly roll strips Twin 2nd Border: 1 ⅔yd.

Hello Friends! Most, if not all, of us have a fabric stash. It is made up of fabric we love, leftovers from other projects, fabric that didn’t work but you bought it because you thought…

I finished this little string diamond quilt over the weekend. It ended up about 36x48 inches, just right for a baby quilt. (See how I went about putting it together HERE.) My niece and her husband are expecting their first baby in June. This may go to them, unless I have a different inspiration or specific request (for certain colors, etc.) between now and then. I sure like the bright scrappy look and hope baby and family do too. If you ask me, there's hours of visual entertainment right there. And naps. It was a nice weekend for walking outdoors, with temps in the mid 30s to 40s. We did that instead of assemble a treadmill (which we did this afternoon; all systems go). We walked the trail on the wildlife refuge nearby. Not a whole lot of wildlife to be seen or heard, but midwinter has an appeal all its own. Pops of color in the thawing snow. Shadows and reflections on the ice. The leaning of trees over the frozen marsh. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down... The tangle of tree roots and limbs. We did see some small creatures out for a stroll, little woolly bear caterpillars. They're pretty bad at predicting the weather. It's not spring yet, little buddy. But it's right around the corner.

My Strip Twist quilt is finally done. It is a little too busy for my taste, but I am sure this quilt will find a good home. One thing I am so proud of myself is that I made this quilt from my scraps and did not buy any new fabric. I used a lot of the leftover fabric from these three quilts in the Strip Twist. More leftover fabric for a half block flowery String quilt. My goal this year is to make quilts from my scraps and strings. I do enjoy to make quilts from strings. And the last picture below is a Star and String quilt from batiks. I found this free tutorial on Mary's blog. If you enjoy doing power sewing like me, then you will love her free scrappy patterns. Happy Quilting, Millie

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5-snarige E-Bas Rood elzenhouten body AAA gevlamde esdoorn fineertop Bolt-on, 3-strepige esdoorn hals met ekanka fineerstrepen Wenge fretboard Fretboardradius: 26" Just a nut III tedur zadel Breedte nut: 45 mm Scale: 34" (long scale) 24 extra hoge nieuwzilveren jumbo fretten Pickups: MEC J single coils en MM-Style humbucker Actieve 2-band elektronica Controls voor volume, balance, treble, bas 3-weg mini-schakelaar voor het schakelen van pickupconfiguratie (serieel / parallel / single coil) Warwick mechanieken Tweedelige Warwick brug met 16,5 mm snaarafstand Afstand van B tot G snaar: 66 mm Warwick security locks Verchroomde hardware Gewicht: 3,9 kg Standaard snaren: Warwick RED strings (42301 M) .045-.135 Finish: naturel transparent high polish Incl. RockBag Student Line Plus Gigbag (RB 20515 B/Plus) en inbussleutel Tip: Registreer het product op www.w-distribution.de/Warranty en verleng de garantie tot 4 jaar. Let op! Registreer uw aankoop op www.w-distribution.de/en/Warranty voor een verlengde garantie van 4 jaar. 30 30 dagen Money-back garantie 3 Drie jaar Thomann garantie Leverbaar sinds Maart 2019 artikelnummer 433030 verkoopseenheid 1 stuk Colour Natural Soundboard Alder Neck Maple Fretboard Wenge Frets 22 Scale Long Scale Pickup System SH Elektronic Active Incl. Case No Incl. Gigbag Yes

I think this is it—my most favorite quilt that I’ve made so far. I have loved it since I started piecing it many years ago, and I still love it today, now that it’s finally finished. Th…

I pieced and chopped my multicolored strip sets into string-x blocks. The quilt reminds me of a flowery lattice against a stone wall. The various grays from the charm pack I used recede really nicely, and I like the variation they give to the background. This lovely old stone church with its shady garden was too perfect to resist for some snapshots. I quilted free motion swirls on the strips and border, and in the gray diamonds I quilted straight lines with the free motion foot in alternating directions to create some movement up and down the background. The quilt is backed in Farm Fresh flannel in a sunny yellow crosshatch. Flannel is just the best for baby quilts. It finishes at 41 inches square. I made this quilt entirely from my scrap bins and stash. That is a great feeling. And I'm so happy to be able to donate it to Project Linus. This is my third quilt for them for the year, so I'm well on my way to be able to donate my goal of four for 2012. I hear they are in need of larger quilts for older kids, especially ones for boys, so that's what I'll shoot for with the next one.

For the quilting, I freemotion quilted the names of the initial scraps to treasure participants across the quilt diagonally, repeatedly. In between each name is a freemotion flower. I also alternated another free motion loopy line sandwiched between each line of everyone's names.

As a result of cutting lots of 2 1/2" strips, I've accumulated lots of "strings" along the way. You know -- those narrow little pieces tha...

60" x 60" Jumbled Library 2 - 28" x 29.25" Kaleidoscope - Finished in 2012 Candy Colors 31" x 37" Candy Color Left...

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I can't help of think .... Waste Not ~ Want Not.... Scrappin..... and Paper Piecing...... Peaceful quiltin' 2014!