I don't know if any fathers read my blog but I wanted to acknowledge the wonderful men in my life... my Dad who has a year of living with a new heart valve and investing in better health behind him and my husband who still makes my heart jump when he walks in the room. I'm blessed!
I've wrapped up this round of sewing string blocks for
Heartstrings Quilt Project with 137 9.5" blocks as shown below. You can see more of the UFO set with green centers that I blogged about
HERE if you'd like. Adding these to the 60 I made in January gives me 197 blocks toward my goal of 365 for the year (why didn't I just make 3 more for an even 200?).
And the rest of my strings are gone from the messy bin and sorted into lights, darks, warm colors, cool colors and multi-colors.
I'm thinking my next new string adventure will be just warm or cool colors now that I see how pretty they look separated!
I had added some yardage of Marmalade by Bonnie and Camille in May for my still unfinished May Schnibble "Gentle Art" and some extra to make some baskets, thread catchers and other fun stuff for my new quilting room.
Then I came across a sale at
Southern Fabric and scored some Vintage Modern yardage and a scrap bag to add to my Bonnie and Camille collection. I've always admired their lines but they didn't suit my decor. Problem solved!
I'm linking up to
Scrap Basket Sunday@Kim's Big Quilting Adventure,
Building Block Tuesday@Quilter in the Closet and
Sunday Stash@Dreaming in Patchwork.
197 blocks that's impressive. Pretty fabric addition!
ReplyDeleteYou've been busy! Your string blocks look great and I love all your Bonnie and Camille fabrics :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to organize those scraps!
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, love those Bonnie and Camille fabrics! I admire your patience to work with those strings and 197 blocks!
ReplyDeleteOooooh! Lovely fabrics! And great job on getting so may string blocks finished!
ReplyDeleteOh my! String blocks galore!!! And such lovely additions to the stash - swoon!!! And I love how you have organized your stash of strings. I've recently gone through and tamed my stash of strings too. It makes using them in projects so much easier!!!
ReplyDeleteI love strings too. Can't wait to see your finished quilt. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, they are pretty sorted that way. I'd be tempted to make a monochromatic string quilt, too.
ReplyDeletethat's a lot of string blocks! looks like you are well on your way toward your goal :) bonnie & cammile's fabrics are so lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou are very organised with your scraps! Well done on getting more than halfway by June with those blocks.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine having that many strips to make 200 string blocks! Great job and good luck toward your goal - you are most of the way there already!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely way to describe your husband,; I hope he had a wonderful day.
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