Being the frugal quilter that I am, I had to decide what to do with a box of scraps. The strips were all under two inches wide, but it seemed wasteful just to pitch them. I decided to turn them into beautiful stars. I used Bonnie Hunter's website for inspiration! She does so many wonderful things and offers so much support and ideas for quilters. I used old telephone book pages as my foundation. I also used Bonnie’s leader and ender method to work on these all summer long. Once I get all the stars assembled, it will be time to applique them to the background fabric. I love the way my first star turned out, all the scraps of fabric really make it sparkle.
Love the string diamonds. Great fun with scraps and the phone book!
ReplyDeleteThere is something so interesting about string quilts. I guess it is the variety of scraps used within a design. I saw a strippy quilt done with string squares that caught my attention on a website a couple days ago.
ReplyDeleteI just got the book Small pieces Spectacular Quilts and plan on doing the orange peel quilt on the cover next. I agree you can't ever have too many fabrics in one quilt.
DeleteThanks Sue, I am not a precision piecer so this was a very enjoyable experience.
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