string quilt progress

I’ve been working on a string quilt for about a month or so now… annnnnd it’s pretty ugly.

Well, that started out being kind of the point. I wanted to make an ugly quilt for my sister to practice doing the string technique, but I realize now that I have invested so much time in this project, and that maybe I should have done a “for real” string quilt instead (next project — black and white string quilt — a for real one).

Anywho, I’ve got block A all put together and am working on block B. I haven’t decided if I’m going to make an X out of block B or if I’m going to make it the same directional pattern as block A.

Here’s the blocks. My scanner wasn’t big enough to scan the entire block in, so I just scanned a square and duplicated it in photoshop (all quilters need photoshop!).

Block A

Block B (version 1)

Block B — version 2 (I like the first one better, but this works better in the layout)

And here’s why I say ALL QUILTERS need photoshop! Mock it up before you sew it so you know it looks fabulous (I will be doing this for my next serious quilt).  That way you’re not investing a ton of time in something that ends up looking crappy.  I mocked up a bunch of fabrics for my coin stack quilt…and it turned out fantastic.

Possible Quilt Layout…

Thoughts… suggestions? I thought about putting 3-4 inches of white sashing between each block so there’s an area of rest. It’s just soooo busy.  A string quilt would work best I think with solids… or maybe I’m just looking at it on screen like a design and not as a quilt so I’m overthinking it. Either way. I’m not looking forward to pulling all the paper off block B.  Argh.

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