Tutorial showing with photos and explaining step by step with text how to sew a string quilt block on paper.

Is it really April 1 tomorrow? That seems impossible, but it's true. April means lots of good things. Tomorrow, my grandmother turns 89, and later in the month, we celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday. And a wedding anniversary. And the second annual Stash Bash. It's also my month to plan the Love circle quilt for do.Good Stitches! It's been awhile since I've made string blocks. I don't know about you, but I always seem to have a pile of string scraps lying around. Last week, I divided…

Learn how to make a string quilt using leftover strips from your stash. If you have strips of fabric that are either from a collection (think jelly roll) or from scraps, the string quilt is

Looking for scrappy strip quilt patterns? Here ya go! The first question would be - got scraps?! I bet you do!

What a fun class we had on Wednesday in Ferndale, WA. It was called String Quilts Your Way I give them the basic techniques (there are more than one, like most of quilting) and they make a string quilt they'd like. I give them plenty of examples ahead of class. Busy quilters! So many fun varieties! Traditional with reproductions. Plaids and dots. What a fun variety of greens. Anything goes! It will be great! A quadrant of this block was already completed and she was doing a great job with…

Mini String Quilt Blocks tutorial - collage cover photo

Have you ever wondered how to make a string quilt? These string quilt patterns will show you how to get started! We listed 21 beautiful string quilt patterns.

Here is another quick and easy to make 'quilt as you go' block and it is the second in our series of QAYG blocks. (You can find the first QAYG block here.) I really love playing around with my scrap fabric to see what I can make. You can make an assortment of different types and sew them all together into a quilt or you can sew them into table runners and cushion covers. But whatever you decide to do, these quilt blocks will help you to use up your fabric stash, and that's always a plus. And…

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"X" MARKS THE BLOCK - THE TUTORIAL Are your strippy scrap bins or bags stuffed to bursting? This is a great scrappy project to help you reduce some scraps and ALL WITHOUT A PATTERN (sometimes a project without a pattern is like a day without pantyhose...ahhh...). OVERALL DIRECTIONS: I don't use a paper or fabric foundation when making these blocks...mostly because I am too lazy to reproduce the foundations, then later peel all those pieces of paper off my sewn blocks. If you would like to…