String blocks for December
My right foot is on the mend after bunion surgery (November 22 and re-done December 2). I can sew left-footed, though I didn’t realize how much I move around to get fabric from the shelf, stand at the cutting table, going over to the ironing board, sitting down to sew. A bounty of strips given away at the guild holiday party this week provided more than enough for this month’s block. The pieced strips are a fun accent. Thanks...
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Fun String Blocks
Here are my 9 blocks for this month. I just love making scrap blocks and have copious amounts of scrap...
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December strings
We had a weekend quilting retreat with our guild so I took some time to make four strings for the December Block Lotto. Fun and easy to...
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I made 8 with what was laying around and stuff in a box that always made me wonder “what do I do with this?” I mailed the chickens yesterday to...
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I was inspired by Sophie, Peggy and Ginny to use fabric bits that were on my sewing machine table and in my scrap stash which is in a shoe box next to my sewing machine. Some pieced strings were well on the way as leftovers from earlier projects, and all 6.5″ lengths came from pre-cut strips. Thanks...
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Here are nine blocks for this month. I just finished making a quilt with blocks like this so I had many strings to use, Lots of fun and...
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These are fun! Here are 4 from me, using assorted strings and scraps from my vast collection. 😉 I am always happy to get rid of some of these scraps, so thank you Sophie. I tried a couple of different methods because some of my scraps are a bit wonky and I was concerned about getting the blocks to lie flat. I pieced one of the blocks just by sewing the strips together, but for the other three I used foundations: one was a...
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Finally!
I had no ink! I finally was able to get some so I could make the blocks. Two is all be able to manage this...
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