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Great way to use scraps! Portland this made me think of you
Cat n Bull   Advanced NC USA Member since 2/17/06 Posts: 1931	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/28/12 9:48 AM While They Snooze I have seen this technique many times, all basically the same. In this particular blog, the girl cut the pieces, but most of the ones I have seen were people using scraps. Another one ------ Cathryn
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/28/12 10:08 AM I love those kinds of quilts -- I have plans to make one ... I saw a pattern that I liked that did not include tearing off much paper after -- or too much flip and sew type of piecing .. It was in a mccalls magazine. I think a red and white irish chain is on my up next list ... ------ Drag queen quilter!
shaelawnsmom Advanced Beginner CA USA Member since 10/10/11 Posts: 82	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/28/12 11:38 AM That is a great idea. I was wanting to use up my scraps...Now I have found the way!!! Thank you
TessKwiltz   Intermediate TX USA Member since 9/21/07 Posts: 1316	Login to reply to this post In reply to Cat n Bull << Like this post Date: 9/28/12 11:51 AM Quote: Cat n Bull While They Snooze I have seen this technique many times, all basically the same. In this particular blog, the girl cut the pieces, but most of the ones I have seen were people using scraps. I love string quilts! Instead of paper, I use cheap muslin (preshrunk) as the foundation and just leave it in. I use scrap strips. Quote: Cat n Bull Another one I love Quiltville! That may be where I learned to make string quilts... I love the way she stores her scraps pre-cut to usable sizes and how she uses them as leaders and enders while piecing other projects. ------ Tess On threadpainting flowers: "How many colors are in a flower? ... How many do you have?" - Ellen Anne Eddy
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 6998	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 9/29/12 2:24 AM I use telephone book pages; it's much "greener" that way. And my strips are leftovers from straightening quilt fabric (aka "strings"). I've been a big fan of Bonnie Hunter, of Quiltville, and really love her string quilts. click here ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair
JEF   Intermediate VA USA Member since 7/27/05 Posts: 2442 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 9/29/12 10:10 AM Here's my tip for lots-of-colors scrappy quilts (that I got from a quilting teacher at an expo): what you border your quilt with will make the quilt "read" the color. So, if you quilt has lots of blues, red, greens, purples etc (a total mishmash of colors) and you put a red border on it, it will look more like a "red" quilt than any of the other colors. This really makes sense since the red in the quilt gets highlighted/brought out by the red in the border. JEF ------ "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln
Cat n Bull   Advanced NC USA Member since 2/17/06 Posts: 1931	Login to reply to this post In reply to Miss Fairchild << Like this post Date: 9/29/12 10:45 AM Quote: Miss Fairchild I use telephone book pages; it's much "greener" that way. And my strips are leftovers from straightening quilt fabric (aka "strings"). I've been a big fan of Bonnie Hunter, of Quiltville, and really love her string quilts. click here I have heard of using phone book pages too. They are much thinner than regular notebook paper! Do you have problems with the ink getting on your hands/fabric? ------ Cathryn
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/1/12 9:31 PM I am so lazy -- too lazy to pick out all that paper! ------ Drag queen quilter!
Warbler   Advanced VT USA Member since 4/15/07 Posts: 2580	Login to reply to this post In reply to PortlandMaine << 1 member likes this. Date: 10/1/12 9:38 PM The easy way to remove the paper is to give a short quick tug on the opposite corners of the block to stretch it slightly. All the paper will loosen and maybe a stray piece or two will remain. There's a demo of this paper removal at Connecting Threads. Under the paper piecing tutorial. -- Edited on 10/1/12 9:38 PM -- ------ Janome MC6600 Bernina 240 Juki MO735 Singer 201-2 Singer 221-1 Singer 15-91
PortlandMaine   Advanced Beginner ME USA Member since 1/29/11 Posts: 1647	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/1/12 10:08 PM Ill go look at that. ------ Drag queen quilter!

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