{"id":2135,"date":"2018-01-27T20:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T04:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2018-01-27T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T05:00:10","slug":"string-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2018\/01\/string-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"String Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am determined this year to make a significant reduction in my stash of strings and strips.\u00a0 I have been piecing string blocks and stacking them on the shelf until I have enough to make a quilt.\u00a0 I have used various materials for foundations – most recently used dryer sheets. Before using the dryer sheets as a foundation they need to be pressed with a cool iron.\u00a0 You start with a pile that looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Used dryer sheets<\/p><\/div>\n

And you end up with blocks like these after trimming to 6″ square.<\/p>\n

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String blocks pieced onto used dryer sheets<\/p><\/div>\n

I have 121 – 6″ trimmed blocks on the shelf right now.<\/p>\n

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Stack of trimmed string blocks<\/p><\/div>\n

I need to decide which quilt layout I am going to use these blocks in so I know if I am close to having enough blocks for a quilt top.\u00a0 I am always on the lookout for ideas to use string blocks so I don’t have to continue to repeat the same design over and over.<\/p>\n

I have also been piecing larger blocks (8″ square) onto fabric foundations.\u00a0 I was gifted some broadcloth from my MIL’s stash.\u00a0 The fabric is more lightweight than I like to use in my regular quilt blocks but it makes a great foundation for string blocks.\u00a0 These are a few of the string blocks.\u00a0 There area a total of 95 – 8″ blocks in this stack on the shelf.<\/p>\n

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8″ string blocks pieced on broadcloth foundations<\/p><\/div>\n

String blocks pieced on a fabric foundation make for a heavier quilt top than string blocks pieced on a dryer sheet foundation.<\/p>\n

Despite all the string blocks I have been making, I don’t seem to have a significant reduction in the string \/ strip stash.\u00a0 I think I will be making string blocks for some time to come!<\/p>\n

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