Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Better Photo

Here's the better photo (compared to the bad photo) of the scrappy dark strings quilt I'm working on.  It's hard to get the colors accurately in a  photograph but I think these two photos come close.


The quilting is in progress.  The caramel-colored squares where there aren't pins are already quilted.  I keep thinking I should count the blocks in the quilt and keep track of how many I've quilted so I could tell when I'm a quarter done, or halfway, etc.  But I keep forgetting and just keep quilting.

Here's a close up.  The quilting barely shows but I'm quilting parallel to the sides of the caramel-colored squares.  It ends up being about a 2" grid across the quilt.  Plain but good for this quilt.


I'm linking this post to
-- WOW at Esther's Blog
-- WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced
-- Let's Bee Social #84 at SewFreshQuilts 
-- Oh Scrap! at Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework 
Thank you, ladies, for hosting.

Wishing you a good day!

--Nancy.
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13 comments:

  1. Great scrap quilt! I love your color choices and am a huge fan of all those plaids. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  2. A lovely scrappy strings quilt! I like your colour combo, the little bits of brighter blue glow among all the reds & browns!

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  3. Ooh, scrappy strings. I have a lot of those and really need to get a move on using them. (I've been saying this for years, though...) Lovely work!

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  4. What a lovely way to use string scraps! The hand quilting really complements the traditional looking fabrics.

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  5. String quilts are always so much fun! Yours looks great. The cream squares and the red border give it coherence, Love it!

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    1. Thank you, Lori. As a newish quilter I'm not always confident about my choices so I appreciate reading your observations about this quilt. I love string quilts, too.

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  6. I love the caramel squares. The quilt looks great, I think I will try one. Thanks for the inspiration.

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    1. Thank you, Carole. It's been a fun quilt to make. I hope you enjoy making yours -- if you do.

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  7. I really like this quilt. I love how you used a simple rail fence pattern using strings and made them pop.

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  8. I really love the look and 'feel' of the fabrics you used here, it's gorgeous!

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  9. Wonderful quilt, congratulations, this one is just gorgeous.
    Greetings,
    Sylvia

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  10. Pure scrappy deliciousness... Especially after the mention of "caramel"! Visiting from Let's Bee Social.

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  11. I cleaned out my string boxes a couple of years ago, but they have been slowly filling again. This lovely quilt of yours will certainly serve as inspiration once I tackle the boxes again. Beautiful work!!

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