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I didn’t think I was going to get anything done for the string challenge. I ended up at an auction on Saturday and Sunday I spent the day dealing with all the things I bought. That meant no sewing time.
Then about 2pm on Sunday I remembered that Little Women was going to be on PBS. I had missed it last week. But was hopeful that they might re-air it right before the new episode….I checked and they did. Then I formulated a plan. We’d have an early supper and from 6-9pm I’d watch Little Women. I was so excited for the plan.
Then I realized that I could do a little treadling while I watched.
I’ve gotten so I really do enjoy treadling. It’s pretty peaceful. I just so wish there were more hours in a day….I can’t fit in all the things I love.
Here are the blocks I finished….
a total of nine….not a lot, but progress.
At about 8:15pm I packed up the treadle and put everything away deciding to watch the rest of the show and do nothing else. I found I was watching more than treadling anyway.
Then about 8:30pm the neighbor kids came over to visit and have an apple. They stayed for about 20 minutes and I missed my show. Bummer. Happily there are reruns on PBS and I can hook up with it again and finish watching sometime in the near future.
It was good to get back to the treadle…good to make some progress. I’m hoping that I can get these guys trimmed and the paper removed before next week.
I’ll see you back here next week!!
Thanks for the reminder of the string challenge. My youngest is going to work at a local Christian camp as a counselor and wants to take her newest quilt I made her…I said NO! I will a make her a scrappy quilt to take. So, I will get busy on a string quilt that will be her camp quilt.
I love the look of string quilts! Yours is perfect. I am new to quilting and have not yet made one of these types of quilts. I notice the widths are all different. What is the approximate width of the variation of the strips? Thank you! I do enjoy your blog!
I vary…2″ is the largest. 1″ is the smallest.
And some crazy people (me) use 3/4 of inch as their smallest size. . .
String piecing is on my must do list for summer. I have not had time during the school year and I miss it.
I’m doing a string quilt using 2-1/2 inch strips. Each row will be a different color, and all the fabrics are so bright that I’ll likely separate them by some narrow, neutral sashing. I put mine on a Muslim foundation, or what I call ugly fabrics, meaning something I’ll never use elsewhere.
Oops. That is muslin foundation, and not Muslim. I’d already caught 3 auto correct mishaps and hate I missed this one.
I just finished a small table topper, used strips 2” – 1” any size that fit.