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| Strings left over from Good Fortune |
This month, Angela at SoScrappy, chose orange to be the color of scraps for May. Lucky for me, I pulled a bunch of strings as I emptied the Good Fortune project bin.
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| Leftover chunks waiting in the wings |
There were also some chunks remaining which I put to one side to cut strings as I needed.
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| Strings gleaned from past projects |
Finally, I pulled the orange string bag. There were some strings that for his project I decided weren't orange. I put those in a different container!
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| Piecing orange |
At last, I started the piecing rectangles. I sew sixteen uphill and sixteen downhill rectangles into two blocks.
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| One section |
Eventually, I pieced enough rectangles to sew them into a section.
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| One block |
Four sections made a block. I stitched together two blocks. This time, I used a stick of Elmer's School glue to anchor the first fabric. I had a much easier time matching the centers.
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| View of most of the blocks pieced |
I have space on the design wall for two more blocks.
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| Orange string bag after piecing |
Cleaning up, I found more orange strings! The bag is about as full as it was when I started; but, I did use a lot of strings! Piecing the blocks was goal number two on my May
list. Linking to Finished or Not Friday, So Scrappy and Patchwork and Quilts.
2 comments:
Your design wall is beautiful with all the colorful string blocks! I love the color block diamond pattern.
Your orange string blocks are looking good, Terry! Although not orange, I love the center string fabric with its dots - that looks perfect for connecting the two sides of each block. Fun to see all your blocks on the design wall, too!
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