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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Love the strings!
I finished all the blocks for the string quilt. I love it! I plan to do a 2 inch border in red and then about a 6 inch border either in teal, blue, or green. I sewed the blocks into rows but haven't done them all together yet.
Rachel, I use either Hobbs 80/20 or Mountain Mist Cream Rose - the MM is a lighter weight cotton so it doesn't have as much loft but I see you're in Tennessee and these string quilts can be heavier than normal ones so you'll want to consider that. I used Hobbs 80/20 on the king size string bed quilt of ours but we only used it on the bed in the winter when we lived in GA.
It's really coming along well. I love the touches of yellow.
ReplyDeleteoh it looks good!! I like the idea of a red border!
ReplyDeleteRachel, I use either Hobbs 80/20 or Mountain Mist Cream Rose - the MM is a lighter weight cotton so it doesn't have as much loft but I see you're in Tennessee and these string quilts can be heavier than normal ones so you'll want to consider that. I used Hobbs 80/20 on the king size string bed quilt of ours but we only used it on the bed in the winter when we lived in GA.
ReplyDeleteI set my stitch length on 10 on the longarm.