Finish Friday String Quilt

I am totally enamored with string quilts. They really use up scrap in a hurry.  No special cutting required necessarily- just strips- any size.  The one I did here is bright colors.  I plan to do another in Autumn colors eventually.  A bit of a different design.

This is one of the ones I planned to finish after New Years, as part of my goals for 2014.  Mission accomplished. 

If you want to do a quilt like this, you cut a square- 4 1/2 or 5 inch, measure 1 1/2 inches down from corner.

Lots O Color

My in the round block

One of the quilting groups that I belong to is doing a round.  Each month we are given a new assignment to add onto. The first month was a 12.5 inch square.  I think, if I am remembering right.  The next was 6.5, pieced.  Next is a 2.5 inch add on, probably for me a border of some sort to calm things down a bit. It has been a lot of fun.  I just kinda went wild with my colors.

As you can see bright colors have been a them for me.  Maybe its the grey of winter that has made me crave all this color.

I am about 9 blocks shy of having 30 blocks to put a nice size quilt together.

String Block

So Molly Flanders posted this really cool block with a tutorial and I just had to make it.  So here it is.  You can find out how to make this particular block by visiting her web  site.  Easy instructions and lots of fun.