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
Lovely!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty pinwheels! I love the pairing of the colorful strings with the cream for contrast.
ReplyDeleteCute quilt
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, I love the scraps you used and how the sun gives that great shading look.. really cool.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I like the touch of pink.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I love the pinwheels with the strings! Another project for my strings list. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYour pinwheels are beautiful in this amazing quilt!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt, and great plans to use it for an H2H quilt this year.
ReplyDeleteI like the calming effect you achieved with using a solid with it like this. Seriously I need to get busy with my strings, I could probably make 20 quilts and still have leftovers!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing today. This is such a pretty and fun quilt. Thanks for sharing how you made the blocks. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net
ReplyDeletePretty quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove the effect of the pinwheels. A very pretty quilt that will brighten someones day.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layout! Great comfort quilt too!
ReplyDeleteThis one is so pretty! Great job!
ReplyDeleteLove this string quilt! It looks planned more than scrappy -- limiting to blocks that had some pink was a good strategy. My question is, when you first pieced the string blocks, are you piecing them to some kind of foundation, or just sewing strips together and then rotary cutting the pieced strings to squares? Is that freezer paper you're using with the line drawn diagonally? I'm not completely following your process, and I'd like to understand how you're doing it because I have a TON of strips leftover from making my pineapple log cabin quilt! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love these blocks! There isn't much that is better than good old scraps! This is a great idea for wrangling the ever growing scrap piles!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt! LOVE pinwheels - and string pinwheels are even better!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and love the pinwheel design.
ReplyDeleteLove your pinwheel strings. It makes no sense to me, but the more you string, the more that appear in your stash???? Maybe it's like pounds on my body with cookies! hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice use of strings in a pinnie and it is a sweet H2H donation.
ReplyDeletePinwheels and strings - perfectly pleasing and fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt, my strings keep multiplying too. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh! Yes! Strings do seem to grow faster than they can be used up! Your pink quilt looks lovely and I'm sure will be much loved by it's recipient.
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt!
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful! I love how you arranged it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your process! Love your pink pinwheel quilt. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat cause for an AWESOME String quilt!!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely! It's a great idea to make string blocks from time to time and have a stack on hand. I have sometimes done that with wonky log cabins. Like you, even when I do that the strings and strips just seem to multiply.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of strips!
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty and pastel colors. Perfect for H2H.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea ty for sharing very very pretty...happyness04431@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI like your use of the strings. Nice that you are donating it.
ReplyDeleteLove the way you used your strings!! Great quilt!
ReplyDeleteyour pinwheel strings are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI like the pinwheel layout. I've never seen a string quilt like that. Well done.
ReplyDeleteMy strings are growing as I use them also. lol What a pretty quilt and the pinwheels are brilliant. Thank you, so much, for joining the All About Strings Blog Hop.
ReplyDeleteI have to get into my strings again as they are exploding... and yes, they do NOT go down as you use them, so annoying and kind of wondrous too ha! Love this pink sweet quilt for H2H!
ReplyDeleteYou made a very lovely quilt. I like that any color border can work with a scrap quilt as long as that color is in the blocks! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt and the colors beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think your strings quilt turned out pretty.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of strings. I've made one of these before, several years ago, I think you've inspired me to make another - lovely work.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beauty!
ReplyDeleteI like how you used the pink to pull all the blocks together even though they have a lot of other colors. Sweet quilt!
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