It’s time for another fun blog hop! This time it’s hosted by Carla at Creatin’ in the Sticks
When I signed up to do this I thought about something “stripey” and my scraps! and I realized I hadn’t done a string quilt in a while, so I played in EQ8 for a while and came up with some ideas. I knew I wanted a baby quilt and I had plenty of pink and turquoise scraps, then I planned on having a white stripe down diagonally on the block, so here’s a few ideas for that.
Of course I always think of what Accuquilt dies I could use, here I decided on 6″ finished blocks so I used shape #1 from the 12″ qube set which is a 6.5″ cut square, and I have kept a financial book that my husband got from work, I think about his 401K, not sure, but anyways, it’s nice paper, so I took it months ago when it came in the mail thinking I could use it as foundation papers, so I ripped out 20 pages and cut then with the die, easy peasy!
I also cut 20 white strips 1 1/2″ wide and pinned those to the papers and first cut the turquoise scraps into various strips.
Here I finished the turquoise side, didn’t put much of a dent in my scrap bin, oh well!!
Then I added the pink side
Then back on the die where I trimmed the blocks, I tried to line them up perfectly, but I wasn’t too worried about it.
then ripped out the papers and here’s 30 blocks!
After thinking about it, I didn’t use any of the EQ layouts but instead alternated the blocks like this
I also added a white 1 1/2″ inner border and a pink outer border, then I worried a bit about quilting it, as the top looked wavy, but…..
It quilted just fine! and I added a turquoise binding
The quilt is 32″ x 44″ so a nice baby size!
The quilt design is called “wild cherries” by Urban elementz and I quilted it in a pale pink thread
For the backing I had a bit of the pink border fabric leftover and then added another pink fabric
Here’s the rest of the blog hoppers 🙂
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Congratulations on a pretty stripey finish.
Sweet quilt for a baby! Love the pink and turquoise together!
Adorable baby quilt. That quilting design looks great too. The recipient will no doubt be very happy.
I like the combination of turquoise and pink, a beautiful quilt!
thanks! it was fun to make
Your quilt is really pretty!
What a lovely quilt . It will be loved and snuggled in. Quilty hugs are the best.
What a sweet baby quilt! I love seeing an artist’s process of creation. The quilt looks great with so many different shades of the pink and turquoise. I see squares, Xs, stripes, triangles…a kaleidoscope of fun! The quilting is awesome.
aww thanks 🙂
The quilt is going to be good for tummy time. All the bright colors will have the baby’s attention and help her enjoy learning to reach her hands out and to scoot. Great project! Thank you for sharing.
Connie
You made a beautiful little quilt. This is also a perfect scrappy project if you like that.
What a pretty combination of patterns and colors! Thank you for sharing.
Hooray another string quilt! I really really need to make one now. I have so so so so many scraps. Great tutorial. Thank you.
string quilts are fun, with or without the foundation papers/fabrics
Hi,
Beautiful quilt…pink is one of my favorite colors…have a great day!
thanks! it was fun
Lovely quilt, beautiful fabrics. Thanks so much for sharing!
Cute quilting for your pretty String quilt, Bea. LOVE those new (?) labels! Such a good idea to have a space for the date and the quilt size right on the label.
This is such a cute quilt! I enjoyed reading your process for making it. I know what you mean about your quilt top being wavy – I have one now that I am hesitant to quilt it because of the center being “bubbly”. Oh, well, I’ll just do it and how it turns out, it turns out.
This turned out so beautiful and I love those fabrics/colors! Thanks for sharing your stripes, Bea!
You can’t go wrong with any layout with these strip blocks. Made for a sweet baby quilt.
What a pretty quilt!! I love the quilt design you chose also–I have been thinking of doing a strip block like this from my many scraps.
string/strip blocks are fun and “free”. we all have so many random strips laying around that they are fun to use up!
Your string blocks are lovely!!! And what a pretty quilt your made!
I love string quilts. I feel like I’ve accomplished some scrap busting as well as make a fun almost “Free” new project. I used to save all the junk mail to piece on, but we just don’t get that much any more. I am hoarding the phone books that I have left. LOL!!
Some baby is going to absolutely love this!
That’s a lovely quilt finish. I adore string quilts and they are so addictive. Using papers is so vintage, and fun. Thank you for sharing.
thanks, yeah it kind of is 🙂
I am going to have to give strip piecing a try. Love the colors you used, and love the variations you worked up on EQ. Thank you for sharing your tips.
Such a beautiful stripe baby quilt. Thank you for sharing your process. It’s so fun to see a quilt grow and your quilting is wonderful. Thanks for joining the Show Your Stripes Blog Hop!
Lovely stripes! Beautiful quilt! Thanks for sharing!
Great looking stripe quilt Bea!
Your stripey pink and turquoise quilt is beautiful.
Great idea saving books for their sewing paper use!
What could be nicer than a strip quilt to make a stripey quilt. Loved that you used that book for the foundation. Great!
Bea the colours are too perfect for your striped string block baby quilt. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful fabrics for your striped quilt.
Great quilt for a baby and just a perfect quilt for the hop!