Well, that was super fun! 72 - 3 1/2" yellow string blocks. I love strings, any size and shape. I actually put a dent in my yellow scraps. I had help from my daughter so the process went a lot quicker. She snipped and pressed while I chain pieced. And then she pulled the paper away from the back. I tried Bonnie's suggestion of using a large needle and I found it made the paper come off so much better. I have made several full size string quilts before so strings are not new to me but I did learn something while sewing up these little cuties...Don't use the Yellow Pages when using yellow fabrics!! You may tend to trim incorrectly. Needless to say, I messed up a few. You can still join in this Mystery. It is so much fun. Check out this link to
Quiltville to see other quilters progress.
Also, I completed the November block for the Blogger's BOM...split star. My plan for this BOM is to use only scraps but I couldn't resist putting a little rectangle of one of my new Kaffe's in this one.
The yellow blks look very bright!! I think it will be a fun quilt with the bright happy yellow going in it!! Isn't this fun!?!
ReplyDeleteLove your yellow blocks. It's nice that so many of us are making the same quilt, but different! Way to go!!
ReplyDeleteOh goodie, someone else used yellow. I was going to, but didn't have that many yellows in the scrap bucket. Now I will get to see what it would have looked like in yellows.
ReplyDeleteOh what fun , I love string blocks , this looks great !!
ReplyDeleteThe yellow strings are so darn cute!! And really I never would have thought twice about using yellow pages with yellow strings, but now you know I will!
ReplyDeleteYour yellow string blocks look fabulous. I would not have thought about the yellow foundation backs, either.
ReplyDeleteReally nice. But what constitutes "strings"? How wide? I have yet to empty my studio trash can as I'm not sure if I should pull out some of the smaller scraps to use for something like this. I'd hate to clean out and then regret it later. thanks.
ReplyDeleteLovely yellow strings!
ReplyDeleteLove your yellow string blocks. am curious of what's next in the mystery.
ReplyDeleteI love the yellow!
ReplyDeleteLove the yellow strings. They are so cute.
ReplyDeleteThose yellows are absolutely beautiful. What a happy quilt you'll have.
ReplyDeleteThe yellow is great! Looking forward to seeing all the different variations.
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