I sure am loving having a large design wall! Sunday I started cutting parts for these maple leaves. I actually did make twelve leaves but them set eight of them aside and continued to make...
this wall hanging. Having a flimsy finish ready to quilt later on is a good feeling. The hope is to finish the other two in a little while. This time of year allows me to jump around from one season to another a bit with starts, progress and getting projects to the finish stage. Keeps the boredom away;)
But I promised you a flimsy finish with the strings! The pieced border used up more strings. In my mind I was planning on adding a small white border on the outside. But since this is for a donation I don't know that adding the white would be a good deal. So I decided not.
These were some of the strings I started with, I already used some before I snapped the photo. After pressing and laying out I rough cut them into 4" pieces. Chain piecing two together, then taking those and adding another set and so on until I had one long strip. Which I then cut into a 3" wide strip.
First I added the left side border and then the right side.
After piecing two more long strips for the top and bottom this little stack is what I had left from the small pile I started with.
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You made two nice flimsies, Vicki. You are going to have a stack of them to quilt. Good job on using up most of the strips.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I love those maple leaves, they are some of my favorite blocks, and that wall quilt is wonderful! Your string quilt - I love it! The border looks just perfect, I love the way you did it. Someone is going to be delighted to receive it. :)
ReplyDeletePiano Keys - just the perfect outer border for the string quilt. Love how this turned out. Maple Leaf blocks are such a great traditional block!!
ReplyDeleteLove your leaves and pumpkin flimsy. Your string top just sings!!
ReplyDeletelove that colorful string quilt - bright and bold!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the string quilt!
ReplyDeleteYour maple leaves are making a sweet wall-hanging! Like Linda said - they are one of my favorite blocks. I love the string border as is, without anything else. That is such a pretty quilt, Vicki! I agree - it's fun to switch up working on lots of different things - keeps you interested.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki! Oooh, getting a nice jump on a Fall/pumpkin hanging is fantastic. I love the idea of jumping around on the seasons. That lets you work with different color and blocks and also builds up your to-be-quilted pile. Super work! {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteLove the string flimsy!!! So bright and cheery.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute String Quilt. I really like your fall start too. I like that leaf block !!
ReplyDeleteThat string flimsy is so happy and bright! Isn't it amazing at how many strings it takes to make a block? --TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteI love that string quilt - great colors and setting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful string quilts. And orange!great leaves and pumpkin.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work on the string quilt. The design wall is really fun and a large one is inspiring. Fun to see the little wall hanging come to life.
ReplyDeleteI love that you love your design wall! I like both quilts, but that string quilt is so springy and pretty!
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