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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Strips Ad Nauseam and NTT

Hey there friends, and welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday!  Remember that pile of 1.5" scrap strips I shared in my last post?  Well, I've been sewing them together into one looooooooonnngg strip for the past few days.  Though I welcomed some good, mindless sewing after finishing the quilts for my book, I underestimated the tedium of the task.  I managed to get about three hours of good sewing time in each day before I just had to stop.


Just for reference, that pile is about 2' x 3', and about two feet tall.  Now that the strip sewing is all finished, I can't wait to watch this quilt take shape.  Since I grabbed strips from my piles randomly, I won't have any control whatsoever over color distribution or fabric placement, and because I have no idea how long this strip is, I don't even know how big this quilt will be.  It's all an exercise in letting go.  Since I love scrappy quilts so much, I'm just taking it on faith that I am going to love the finished product.  We shall see.

Before we party, check out the highlights from last well.  Sandra at mmm quilts shared this powerful quilt-


Gretchen's Little Corner shared progress on her Nameless quilt-


I love this quilt by Jan at The Colorful Fabriholic-


Vasudha at Storied Quilts linked up this pretty quilt-


And Janine at The Sweetest Dreams showed off this beauty-


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10 comments:

  1. Wow! I never would have guessed that pile of sewn strips was SEW big!!!

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  2. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE STRIPS TURN INTO A QUILT TOP - BIG OR SMALL - GOOD LUCK :)

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  3. That pile of strips is impressive. I can't wait to see what it looks like when you're done.

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  4. That is a pile!! I can't wait to see how this turns out. A leap of faith and letting go!!

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  5. Oh I can hardly wait to see this together!!!

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  6. Can't wait to what happens with your extra, extra, extra long strip. I have a somewhat similar plan for a stack of solid squares. Random cutting and sewing of 2-3 colors stack and whack style. Not sure were it will go. Just haven't been sewing much lately.

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  7. Thanks for the shout-out! I can't wait to see how your random strippy project turns out. I made one using the same method, except I put black and white spacer squares between the strips, and I love the result.

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  8. That is a LOT of strips -- and they're only 1.5" hum... I'm wondering what is coming from all that sewing. I'll be checking back to see.

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  9. I think your string-piecing idea is great! I wish I had so many strings, but I've used-up all mine starting a braided rug. I've run out of strips (not scraps!) to add to my rug, so it will be a long while until I have a useable something to put on the floor. You've shared some pretty quilts here. It's always nice to see what others are making.

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  10. Can't wait to see what the pile is going to become. Good luck.

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