Work has been way too busy the past couple of weeks, and so far this week too. I finished up work for the day and just knew my sewing room was waiting for me. Mindless sewing - that is what I really needed to do. Relaxation therapy at its best.
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A few days ago I saw a beautiful scrap quilt done with string blocks done in a rainbow of colors. It inspired me to make something similar. Check it out at: https://blog.maryquilts.com/2018/09/19/quilted-13/.
I’ve done several string quilts now, but this is the first time I’ve done the blocks with a single color. What fun to dig through the color sorted scrap bins to find strings for these. Look at the cute Minions peeking out of the blue block!
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Five blocks are done - and I cut the foundation muslin for two more. I have lots of red, orange, light blue, and light purple. So at least a couple more blocks can happen quickly. The crazy thing is that these blocks made no difference in the amount of scraps left to use up.
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I think the green one is my favorite so far. There are raccoons in one strip.
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Purple was the hardest color to pull together. There were plenty of scraps, but very few strips long enough to work. But I think it turned out just fine. There are actually plenty of lavender/light purple strips to put together in a separate block.
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Note - I use a 10" square of muslin as a foundation and then square them up to 9.5" once the strips are all sewn on.