String Quilts

Is it really April 1 tomorrow? That seems impossible, but it's true. April means lots of good things. Tomorrow, my grandmother turns 89, and later in the month, we celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday. And a wedding anniversary. And the second annual Stash Bash. It's also my month to plan the Love circle quilt for do.Good Stitches! It's been awhile since I've made string blocks. I don't know about you, but I always seem to have a pile of string scraps lying around. Last week, I divided…

Learn how to make a string quilt using leftover strips from your stash. If you have strips of fabric that are either from a collection (think jelly roll) or from scraps, the string quilt is

Have you ever wondered how to make a string quilt? These string quilt patterns will show you how to get started! We listed 21 beautiful string quilt patterns.

Use my mini string quilt blocks sewing tutorial to make use of even your smallest fabric scraps! No fuss blocks require no corner matching!

FREE QAYG ALONG PART 11We’re obsessed with string quilts! And they are super easy, super fun and beginner friendly, so we thought you might like to make one too. This week we were invited to make some short videos for Spotlight’s Quilting Expo, so we went totally over the top and made a 3 part series on how to make a quilt as you go string quilt from start to finish. This series is perfect for the very beginner or for those that want to try their hand at making a quilt as you go quilt. It’s…

Turn your fabric scraps into this beautiful string quilt! It's easy, fun, and beginner-friendly. Find the instructions here.

Posts about #strings written by alwaysquilts

What a fun class we had on Wednesday in Ferndale, WA. It was called String Quilts Your Way I give them the basic techniques (there are more than one, like most of quilting) and they make a string quilt they'd like. I give them plenty of examples ahead of class. Busy quilters! So many fun varieties! Traditional with reproductions. Plaids and dots. What a fun variety of greens. Anything goes! It will be great! A quadrant of this block was already completed and she was doing a great job with…

Happy Friday once again, quilt-y friends! At long last I have photos of that last quilts from the 2021 block drive. If you remember, the 2021 drive was the one where you all made string blocks that were foundation pieced directly onto the batting. With another block drive wrap up comes another map: At the same time, I wanted to do a round-up of some more string quilts that have been completed. Top by Pam C, quilted by Linda These two tops were sent in by Pam C. some time ago and finally…

Yes, I'm still playing around and tinkering with string blocks - if you haven't seen it - check out my other string block post here: String Blocks and More! One of the quilt layouts I had drawn up was to arrange the string blocks in a pole twist (twisted ribbon) style quilt. This quilt is essentially made with 90 String Block Half Square Triangles. With a 9 HST across x 10 HST down, three borders: the quilt measures about 84" x 91". UPDATE: Don't forget to go to the bottom of this post to…