Harmony

That’s the name of the Fabric Cafe pattern I used for this string quilt. It’s from the book Easy Does It. The pattern requires three one-yard pieces of fabric but I chose to substitute string blocks for the 6″ x 9″ rectangles in the design.

I love browsing patterns and thinking, “I can add a string block here!”

These strings came from several jungle animal quilts I’ve made in the last year or two and you can see those quilts here.

There’s also a separate page for string quilts now so they’ll all be in one place for my string-loving friends.

The print used for the snowballs (octagon shapes) is one I picked up on the de-stash table at the guild’s June meeting . It was just what I needed to use with this strings.

I had a couple of coordinating 2 1/2″ strips so I used those to make an offset insert for the back.

When I need to increase the width or length of the backing fabric, my goal is to start being a little more creative rather than just stitching an extra piece of fabric on.

The goal will be to use a design element that coordinates with the front whenever possible. For this quilt, I used the same narrow black strips that were also placed between the animal print strings on the front.

I originally used this fabric for the border. The design matched the jungle print, but it did absolutely nothing for the quilt. I decided to replace it with the green border and I’m happy now that I did.

The brown pieces will get tossed in the binding drawer for a future quilt.

These are the beginnings of the next string project. A year or so ago someone gave me the teal fabric on the right. If you look closely, you’ll see she had cut it diagonally to make a bias binding. She was going to toss the leftovers away when I spoke up and said, “if you’re going to throw it out, can I have it?”.

Bias cut fabric is tricky to work with but, it won’t be a problem here. I’ll be able to cut around it for the pieces I need.

Teal, aqua, and turquoise are my favorite colors. I used to prefer green but somewhere along the way that changed and I was drawn to the cooler coastal colors. I’ll be using shades of green and teal together in this quilt..

We’re had rainy weather here this afternoon. A perfect day for either napping or sewing. (Yep! As tempting as a nap sounds… I think I’ll go sew a while. 😁)