What to do with quilt strings?
There are many things that one can do with strings of material.
Thanks to my friend’s, (Sheddy) recommendation, I was inspired by the many creative scrappy quilts designed by Bonnie Hunter (shown on her QUILTVILLE.COM site) so I decided that I would just have to make a few heart string blocks with some of my left over scraps of material - and true to the Bonnie Hunter STYLE, I foundation pieced these strips onto newsprint.
Some of my heart string blocks have a teal 2″ strip down the diagonal……and I have made quite a few of these blocks 9 1/2 inch blocks so far.
This was so much fun to do - and it was MINDLESS and creative. I have discovered that I love foundation piecing!
I am not sure how difficult this will be to REMOVE the paper later - this is my FIRST TIME to paper piece.
I had so much fun making these blocks that I decided to try to make some more heart string blocks with leftover scraps of red, white and black material - and this time I foundation pieced onto used computer paper - again taking the example of Bonnie Hunter! I used the whole sheet of used computer paper - making 8 1/2 inch blocks and then 3 1/2 inch border strips.
And THEN - I just had to make a few pastel heart string blocks with 2″ yellow diagonal centers …
I had TOO MUCH FUN and now I can TRULY say that I am contributing to a GREEN AMERICA….using up scrap material and scrap computer paper…….
But wait - there is ONE MORE THING that one can do with strings of material.
I don’t imagine that many of you have done this!
My grandangel, Nanna, tied very long strings of fabric to the five blades of my ceiling fan - and VOILA - she produced a spinning cat toy.
Our cats, Oreo CHIPPIE Cookie, Midnight Junior, and Cuddles TinkerBELLE had SO MUCH FUN with their own version of SPINNING HEART STRINGS!
Leanna and I both had the flu this past week - and this is how we kept ourselves from being bored and from feeling sorry for ourselves!
And my room is now in PARTY MODE!
