(1) eating fresh corn
(2) driving a car carefully
(3) the wings of a butterfly
Or... just place two strings in a container, close the cover and leave them overnight!
Meanwhile I've been working on the 2-1/2 x 8-1/2 paper foundation string blocks that Bonnie Hunter is doing on Quilt Cam, they go together so fast it's like eating peanuts! So far I've finished around 2 dozen or so, and it's such a fun mix of fabrics...Christmas prints, puppy dogs, music, stars, words, you name it, it's all in there.
That's a great looking group, isn't it? There's no deadline for getting them finished and I don't know how I'll use them yet but I know I WILL use them! Piecing strings and scraps is such an easy way to let your fingers play with fabric while your mind wanders here and there, watching TV or listening to a book. Sometimes when I'm working with strings I'm reminded of one of those cook books "101 Ways to Cook Hamburger" ... there's gotta be at least 1,001 ways to use strings!
How do you use strings, leave me a comment and let me know. Come on admit it - everybody at one time or other has pieced strings together! ;o)
Well, that's it for now, have a great Tuesday, stay cool, sew forth and sew on til later!
I should get stringing! It is definitely therapeutic and I have lots of scraps to use up!
ReplyDeleteI use the purple strings to make Purple Hearts for QOV.
ReplyDeleteI love using strings. I have made diagonal string blocks. I use then in my "free pieced" blocks to add little pops. Sometimes I just sew them together and then cut them in strips across the strips (across the seams) and sew them back a different way. It is very much fun play.
ReplyDeleteLove your strings. Oh, my they do re-populate themselves don't they!! Oh, so many ways - spider web blocks, stars, strips, squares, free piecing fillers, free form letters, piecing backgrounds for mini landscapes, etc.
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite of you: I love the look of spider webs made with skinny strings. I feel like I'm cheating if I use strips larger than an inch wide in my blocks.
ReplyDeleteI really like your strings. You always use a great mix of fabrics. I am too anal to try that. And as much as I love, love, love Bonnie, I can not take on another one of her projects. I have no less than 6 of her quilts in various stages of completion. So much to do and sew little time...
ReplyDeleteI'm surrounded by strings and if I don't complete some of the string projects I've started I'm going to be caught in a web of string in my sewing room and may need to be rescued. Happy sewing!
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