Today (March 26) is my day in the blog hop "All About Strings" sponsored by Carla Henton of Creatin' In The Sticks!
I'm sure there will be some beautiful and big projects! I know I will enjoy seeing them all.
When I was a young girl, my mom taught me how to paper piece quilt blocks. About all we had was newspaper and scraps that her friends would give her. I can say that she never wasted anything! I wish I knew how many quilt tops and quilts she made in her lifetime. Many were pretty simple and were made mostly for warmth. We lived in a cold house so we'd pile on the quilts in wintertime.
I pieced one string quilt top when I was in the 8th grade, and I won 1st place in the 4-H craft show. My mom sold it and many others to buy me school clothes. My dad was a truck farmer so the winter months were pretty tight money wise.
Anyway, I've been looking at all of the rag rugs being made so I decided to try a little experiment. I didn't have the jelly roll batting so I used some really thick yarn I had in my stash. Well, it worked ok, but not as good as I'd have liked. It wanted to curl up in places. I started working ironing and laying it flat, and it is much better. I just wanted something by my bed as we have wood floors, and they get pretty cold.
My bedroom is sort of shabby chic so these colors work just fine. These are pics of my progress. Of course, it started with a scrap pile!
My other project was to do some paper piecing for a string quilt. I really enjoy this! I used some old Birds and Blooms magazines, and they worked just fine. No rhyme or reason to the piecing - just whatever piece I want to use. I chose to do 6 1/2" blocks as I have a ruler that size which really helps.
Thanks for coming to visit!
This is the schedule for the rest of the blog hop! I hope you have time to visit them all!
Tuesday, March 26th
Den syende himmel
Patchwork Breeze
Domestic Felicity
The Quilted Snail
Thursday, March 28th
Cynthia's Creating Ark
The Joyful Quilter
Color Creating and Quilting
PamelaQuilts
Beaquilter
Two Maker Chicks
Days Filled With Joy
Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!
Patchwork Breeze
Domestic Felicity
The Quilted Snail
Thursday, March 28th
Cynthia's Creating Ark
The Joyful Quilter
Color Creating and Quilting
PamelaQuilts
Beaquilter
Two Maker Chicks
Days Filled With Joy
Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!
29 comments:
Using strings to make a rug is a great idea and yours is so pretty. Don't you just love making string blocks? Thank you for joining the All About Strings Blog Hop. Great ideas!
Haha yess so true I have a big box of my string squares ready to whip up into a quilt...ty for sharing. .. happyness04431@yahoo.com
Those rugs look so fun to make. I have to try it out some day.
Such a pretty rug! And your blocks are great too.
Your rug looks great!
Neat rug! I'm sure you appreciate it on your cold floor. :) I like the blocks you've started--you will have a wonderful project when you finish! Thanks for sharing!
Really pretty work. You are an excellent quilter. Hoping that all is going well with you and your family. You truly are a good inspiration to everyone.
Ohh I love your rug. Good for you for using what you have. And your blocks are wonderful. It will be lovely. Thank you for inspiring today.
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Nice rug!
Great projects, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your contributions to the All About Strings Blog Hop! I keep entertaining the thought of a String-y Rug, but haven't managed one yet. Is it really as easy as you made it seem?
I love your rug. What a great way to add some color to a room. Quilts that are scrappy speak right to my heart. I love the idea of scrapping something into a beautiful quilt. Fun post to read as it reminded me of where quilting roots began.
SUCH A NEAT QUILT! THANKS FOR SHARING!
Great rug and your blocks are going to make a great quilt when they are done. I like how they can be turned and create patterns too! Thanks for sharing.
Love that you used your strings to make a rug. Truck farm I never heard that term before until I married my husband. His family farm was a truck farm.
I enjoyed your blog. Make do with what we have is something I have heard often. And your rug with the yarn is a great example. I hope it has made the your floor just a bit warmer when you step out of bed.
I love everything string! There is definitely some string piecing in my future. Nancy A: rangerer@sbcglobal.net
Your jelly roll rug looks very nice as do your string blocks. Thank you for sharing in the hop ... :) Pat
All these beautiful string projects just make me want to go jump in my string bin, LOL
What a great idea making that rug from strings. Very creative. Your blocks look like they will be the basis for a great quilt.
Enjoyed your rug. It came out very nice. Your blocks are pretty and will make a beautiful quilt.
Love that rug. I'd love to try that technique some day.
Your rug looks so pretty! The blocks will look beautiful in a quilt and I love how fun it is to turn them around to make different designs.
Hi Shirley! I love the idea you came up with to use a thick yarn for your rug. And an even better idea to use up that partial jelly roll. Brilliant, I'd say. Your string blocks are very pretty, and I especially love the story about quilting/sewing with your mom. That is pretty darn cool winning first place in eighth grade. I got my start in sewing with my dad. He was a great sewer and used old bags that held gun loading shot. Anyway, I sure did enjoy your post. ~smile~ Roseanne
Pretty projects. The rug is really great.
Love your rug! it's a great way to use up strings! Thanks for sharing! xx
Always fun to find jelly rolls at a yard sale! I love how that little rug turned out. :)
Great idea to make a rag rug.
Hi Shirley, I really love your rug. It's great when we can make something pretty, fun and practical. I hope that it will keep your feet warm when you get out of bed :-)
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