I finished my first string project of the year last month, and already had a new one in mind! This new book by Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene was published a few weeks ago, and I couldn't wait to receive my copy.
There are several nice quilts in the book that I'm looking forward to making, but the one that I jumped into immediately is called 'Dashed Dreams'.
No shortage of 1800s-style scraps and leftovers here at my house, so I'm on my way sewing strings into strips. I roughly sorted a jumble of strings into short-medium-long groups, and I'm sewing my way through the longest ones first, to create the widest sections. Then I can recycle the cut-offs into narrower sections.
I'll be making my sections a bit wider and longer than those in the book's instructions, so my quilt will be somewhat larger that that one, with no particular goal other than 'use up string scraps.' At this point it's just a background activity, filling odd bits of sewing time.
This is a fun and easy project, and I'll have a nice scrappy lap quilt soon! Enjoy more string inspiration at
HUMBLE QUILTS
HUMBLE QUILTS
***************