Festival of Strings Part II

Last Friday when we were cleaning up the sewing room, Esther found a bag of Halloween fabric cut into 2” strips and some squares.  I had cut these almost 3 years ago and never sewed any together except one block.  We sewed all afternoon on Friday.  Esther learned how to press the blocks and she arranged them all on the design wall.  Then on Saturday she sewed a few of the blocks together herself on my sewing machine!  I had to keep reminding her to watch the fabric feed through the machine, but overall she did a great job lining up the fabric with the 1/4” foot.  So this is her quilt as much as it’s something I made.

I’m thinking of having this one professionally quilted with some kind of cute Halloween pantograph.  It’s the perfect size for the couch and will certainly be finished by this Halloween (I think)!  It only took 3 years and a determined four year old to get the top done…

Linking this to Stitched In Color’s Festival of Strings.  Take a look, there are lots of beautiful quilts to admire!

Festival of Strings Part I

Rachel at Stitched in Color is hosting a string challenge.  When I saw the original post and the rule that strings had to be 3” or narrower, I knew exactly what I would make.

These are leftover strips from a quilt I made from a 1/2 yard bundle of Indian Summer.  I had a few inches of each print left over from another quilt I made, so I cut the pieces into 3” strips and used my design wall to try to balance out all the prints in a somewhat improv kind of manner. 

I used Kona Essex linen in natural for the background.  As an aside—the Kona linen in natural is a slightly lighter color than the wide Kona linen in natural, but just a tiny bit.  You might be able to tell in my photo that some of the linen looks a shade lighter than the rest.  I ran out of linen about halfway through the quilt and ordered the wide since it was only a dollar more than regular width.

At first I didn’t want to repeat any of the strips, so I cut a few other prints from my stash, but I ended up repeating anyway.  This quilt is destined to be a gift for a birthday boy on June 15th, so it can’t languish for long!  I’m not sure what the exact size is, but definitely twin or larger.  It’s so big it doesn’t have enough room to hang down from the clothesline.  I’ve got the backing already made, just have to get it basted now.

I hope everyone had a wonderful, long weekend!