Category: Sewing

I just love how this is looking so far! I still have a few more to piece, but it’s getting really close to where I can start putting it together.

I began piecing the big string half square triangles this week and I really like how it’s looking so far. I decided to go ahead and start laying them out as I pieced each one, in its orientation, so I could watch how it was coming together. And to make sure I liked it. I… Continue reading Big half square triangles

Those triangle string units were my focus until I completed them on Saturday. And then I began working on the “straight” string blocks. I’ve made 19 of them, and that completes this step. Now that they are done, I’ll just need to cut the other half of the half square triangle blocks from a lilac/lavender… Continue reading Straight string blocks

A friend of mine made a quilt and donated it to our charity this year, and I loved the pattern she made. It uses strings in a couple of different ways, and I’m pretty sure she was inspired by another quilt she saw online, though I haven’t found one exactly like this in my searches.… Continue reading Start of something new