My string quilt project for the All About Strings Blog Hop hosted by Carla at Creatin' In the Sticks, is a pinwheel quilt.
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| Pinwheel String Quilt |
I've been trying, notice I said trying to use up my strings. They seem to sprout overnight, every time I think I have them under control wham a bunch more appear.
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| 7 1/2'' string blocks |
I had a bunch of string blocks that I made more than a year ago. I pulled out any blocks that had pink in them no matter how little as long as it had pink it was good to go. I did have to make a few more, but I still have oodles of strings left.
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| matched up pair |
I paired them up with a Boundless cream solid. Making sure I kept the line I wanted to sew to the correct corner see above photo. You could of course sew them to the other corner, just keep them all the same. I usually use my hera marker to mark these but it wouldn't have shown up for the photo. I stitched a 1/4'' on each side of the line. Cut on the centre line and press to the solid. I trimmed them to 6 1/2''.
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| sunshine you have been missed |
I laid four HST's out in a pinwheel. I forgot to take a picture of the single block, which is a 12 1/2'' unfinished block. I laid them out in a 3 x 3 setting added a 4 1/2'' pink border.
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| you can see the sun back lighting the quilt. |
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| all that crinkly goodness after washing |
I quilted it using Aurifil #2410, it blended in well with all the different colours. I did some quick and simple loops allover.
This quilt will be used as a donation for H2H2019 Comfort quilts.
All About Strings Blog Hop Schedule
Monday, March 25th
