Thursday, March 27, 2014
Scrap Management Part 4!
Another form of scrap fabric is those wonderful strings. Sometimes they are left over from binding. Mostly, for me, I get them from squaring up my fabric. I will cut between 1 to 2 inches off of my yardage when squaring it up to use on a project. I do this intentionally to add to my string bag. Leftover jelly roll strips are wonderful too. They don't all have to be long because you will need short pieces to cover a corner if you are doing a strip quilt.
I am making a spiderweb quilt from my strings. It uses a kite shape in a solid fabric and then the strings are pieced on the sides on a triangle which needs four triangles to make a block. Two for a half block, two half blocks for a square. I have not attached my blocks together yet - I just laid them out for you to see the pattern. Again - something out of virtually nothing. I hope this scrap management series has encouraged you to go ahead and use those scraps.
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It looks great Chantal! Yes, I am accumulating a pile of string, too.
ReplyDeleteYou and I are kindred spirits! Spiderweb has been on my to make list for a long time. I love the aqua fabric you've used. It really makes the bright strings shine!
ReplyDeleteWow! I am really loving your Spiderweb blocks. I have been making string blocks in between my other projects, but I think these blocks are so much prettier. These are going on my to-do list. Thanks for sharing.
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