Step Right Up!

I don’t have anything finished to show this week even though I have been busy. I like to bind my string quilts by hand, a little bit each night, so it takes several days to finish. That might be a good thing because I’ve been procrastinated about adding older post so expect to see a few more of those.

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Originally posted October 22, 2023

This week I finished a quilt from scraps using the Atkinson Designs pattern called Step Right Up.

The strips were leftovers from another Atkinson pattern I finished last year that had previously been a UFO.

Two more tops were made with the left over strips but they still need to be quilted.

A lot of my scrap quilts have a lot of added background fabric. It’s not the most efficient way to use the leftovers but, it’s more important to me to enjoy making the quilt.

The next two finishes are string quilts. The first was made using Bonnie Hunter’s String X free pattern with paper telephone Yellow Book pages. I prefer paper foundations to keep the quilts lighter than using muslin or other lightweight fabrics.

The tiniest strings were stitched to adding machine paper to make the fun quilt below. I’d had the Crosswalk quilt pattern on my list to make for a while now. It was fun to take the original idea and substitute strings for the centers of the blocks.

A few partial solid strips left after making the blocks were used for the scrappy binding.

A switch on my long arm broke, so I’ve been organizing while waiting for the part. The room doesn’t really need it, but we expect our hurricane windows to be installed in 4 to 6 weeks. When we get the notice from the installer, I’ll have to quickly move everything to one corner. I’m using these couple of days to consolidate as much as I can. All the furniture is on casters, including the long arm frame, so moving things shouldn’t be too difficult.