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Design wall 11/30/15 string quilt ready for borders

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I spent yesterday afternoon getting the rest of the rows sewn together. Those cornerstones were a pain but worth it in the end, I think…..

The top has outgrown my design wall as it is measuring about 96″ square. It’s been raining for the last several days so I can’t lay it outside and get a picture, so I folded the top in half, took 2 photos and put them together. Unfortunately there is a white area going across the pic but you can pretty much see what the quilt looks like at this point.


Starting in the upper left corner, you’ll notice the white sashings and they change to grays across the quilt, finishing with the black. I’m not sure if I like it or not………maybe once the borders are on and I can lay it out and see the whole thing I’ll like it better. We’ll see. Good thing is that it used a lot of leftover strings of fabric!! 👍

That’s it for me today. To see more walls visit http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 11/23/15 progress on the string blocks

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I made some progress on the strings blocks this week. All the rows are made, now I have to piece the sashing strips to go in between the rows. I have the first one done and sewn onto the bottom of row 1.


I’ll be glad when this is done. It does brighten up the wall though.😀

Anyway, that’s my wall for this week, to see more walls go to http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 11-2-15 strings and new quilt top

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What a Monday it is here in Kansas City. Our Kansas City Royals WON the World Series last night!! We are So proud of our boys in blue!!

Kansas City also had another big win last week in Houston as our Janet Stone won Best of Show at the International Quilt Show!! Way to go Janet!!

Guess I better get back to my design wall. I have all the 5 1/2″ string blocks made and I have a few of them sewn into larger blocks.


I can sometimes get board working with projects that take a lot of time, so I threw this quilt together over the weekend.


All that’s left is to get the borders sewn on, which hopefully I can finish up today. It’s hanging in front of all the string blocks.

So that’s it for me this week. To see more walls go to http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 10/26/15 string blocks

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I’ve become obsessed with finishing these blocks. I have 41 more to make before I can start putting them together. Last night I took the Ks row by row off the wall and started putting the string blocks up. My wall isn’t big enough to put all of them on………here’s how it looks now.


Hoping to finish making the rest of the small blocks this week and start putting them into bigger blocks and working on the sashings. We’ll see!

Check out what others are up to at http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 10/19/15 string blocks

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I still have the Kansas row by row on the wall from last week. I have no idea what I’m going to do at this point, so I just look at it……..eventually something will strike me and I’ll work on it. Until then, I will continue to make string blocks. I need a total of (256) 5 1/2″ squares. So far I’ve made 107.


I need 140 more, so a few more days of working on them and I’ll be halfway done.😀 then I can start putting them together. I sure hope this quilt comes out like I want it to….😳

That’s it for me today. To see more walls go to http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa