This week's feature quilt is Paris on a Shoestring. It is a variation of Nancy, one of the quilts that is patterned in my book. Both quilts use the same string pieced triangle units.
I had this fabulous Paris Maps print that I wanted to use and I wanted to keep it in the largest possible pieces. Instead of making four large star blocks, I pieced this quilt in rows leaving each area of the map print as a single piece of fabric.
There are a lot of ways to put together quilts using the string pieced triangle units.
This quilt also features a scrappy binding. I cut lots of scrap pieces to the 2 1/4 size that I like to use and sewed them together as usual.
Finished size: 47'' by 47''.There is still quite a large pile of string pieced triangles and squares that I plan to combine into one quilt.
Paris on a Shoe String
I finished putting this quilt top together yesterday. I call it "Paris on a Shoe String".The guys here thought that the name of the quilt was a bit obtuse but I told them that quilters would "get it". I hope I'm right. If not, it doesn't really matter because I like it and I'm stickin' with it.
I mentioned earlier that I was making some more string pieced triangles. I had the idea to try some different settings with them and this big star design is one that I came up with. I had this great Paris map print on my sewing table and it was begging to be used for the background. I didn't want seams running across the map print so D helped me make a cutting diagram to get the pieces cut from the fabric I had. We also made sure that the print is right side up everywhere and continuous in the star centers. Not that anyone would notice but us...
I love that when the four large stars are set together you get another star in the center.
I have no idea how I'll quilt over the map fabric here. Any ideas?
String PInwheel Top
Yesterday, miss P was home with a fever. She worked on making some Valentines while I pieced this string pinwheel top together.
I'm pretty happy with it so far. I think I'll use a multi color thread for the quilting over the strings and maybe a blue for the pinwheels - or maybe the pinwheels will be left unquilted. I haven't decided yet.I need to order more batting so I have some time to think about it.
String Quilt Update
I've been working on the string quilt! It turns out I couldn't read my own handwriting and I needed 140 six inch blocks instead of 130. I whipped out 10 more of those yesterday and went on to phase two - sewing triangles to one corner of each block. Phase three - making four patch pinwheels from the six inch blocks. Here's a big 12 inch block comprised of four of the smaller ones.
I think I'm really going to like this one when it's finished.I hope you are having a great Crafturday.
Half Square Triangles
My scrap bin exploded this weekend.
I have a lot of longish skinny scraps so am working on a string quilt.
I sew pieces together using my triangle ruler as a guide. As long as the chunk of fabric that I put together is larger than the triangle, I can trim it to size.
The current plan is to sew one piece of fabric to the diagonal of each of the triangles to make six inch squares. I don't know if I want to use the same fabric through out or several different solids.I progressed quite a bit with both these triangles and the Harry Potter audio books this weekend.
