{"id":58,"date":"2011-07-05T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2011-07-05T03:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T03:59:00","slug":"colour-catcher-string-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2011\/07\/colour-catcher-string-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour Catcher String Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First,\u00a0these are some pictures of our backyard.\u00a0 My plant pots are visible from my kitchen window. <\/p>\n

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I think of this area as my little sanctuary.<\/p>\n

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We have been enjoying the feathered visitors to our yard as well.<\/p>\n

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This weekend was a long weekend for me (I was off from work Friday to Monday).\u00a0 While North and South played on the laptop, I sewed.\u00a0 It seamed appropriate that I was watching North and South–a made-for-TV miniseries about the Civil War during the July 4th (American Independence Day) long weekend. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_and_South_(TV_miniseries)<\/a><\/div>\n
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The center of these blocks are colour catcher string blocks.\u00a0 I pieced my\u00a0string blocks on used colour catcher foundations.\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.shoutitout.com\/preserve-colors.aspx<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n

My friend, started to call this quilt a “conversation quilt”.\u00a0 The strings are from\u00a0many of the scraps and bits leftover from previous quilt projects.\u00a0 Since each piece has a story to tell, the name conversation quilt was born.<\/p>\n

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I used all I had of the two\u00a0black\/white fabrics that I purchased last weekend to make this quilt.\u00a0 The quilt is plenty long enough, but it\u00a0should be a little wider to better fit our bed.\u00a0 A couple of my friends and I were discussing border options on-line.\u00a0 Since this is a conversation quilt, we decided that the quilt would tell us what it needed for borders.\u00a0 We listened, and with the assistance of a friend, I have secured more of the two black and white fabrics.\u00a0 Once the fabrics are received in the mail, I will be making this quilt top two blocks wider.\u00a0 Even though I almost always add at least one border to my quilts, this quilt definitely was not in need of a border.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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I\u00a0used quite a few of the colour catcher string blocks that I had on hand and I still have more left.\u00a0 I will be on the lookout for more quilting ideas to use up the remainder of the blocks so stay tuned for more colour catcher string quilts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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