Sunday Scripture

Pleasant words are a honeycomb,

sweet to the soul and healing to the

bones. Proverbs 16:24

Works in Progress!

I have continued to work on some scrappy string blocks this week. These are a few more that I finished up. 

I'm still not seeing a dent in my scrap bucket though!

I did receive my Farm Girl Vintage book by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet! If you don't have one, I encourage you to get your copy. I love it!

I did get my first block from her book done this week. This is my Apron Strings Block!

I also made some of the little design boards that Lori has a tutorial for on her blog. I used some left-over binding to put around my design boards. They are very handy!

I would love to here what you have been working on this week!

Spring Fling Table Topper

I've been busy making some string blocks from my scrapbag the last several weeks. So, I thought I would make a little table topper.

I just picked out nine of the blocks and layed them out in a 3x3 lay-out. My blocks are 5 3/4 inch square, unfinished.

I sewed the blocks together with a 1/4 inch seam allowance, then pressed the seams open.

This red print is a flannel piece that I picked up at a resale shop when my daughter and I were out one day. 

I cut this piece in an 18 inch square.

I then layered the top and bottom fabric, wrong sides together. I chose not to add batting. My daughter didn't want the topper to be too thick. I then quilted it by following the seam lines with one of the decorative stitches on my machine. 

I then folded the backing over the edge to bind the quilt.

It finished out 16 x 16 inches square.

  Originally, I started making the string blocks this spring as a way to clean up my scrapbag...a type of spring cleaning...So, I am calling this little table topper my Spring Fling Table Topper.

What have you been making out of your scrapbag? I would love to hear.

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TGIFF

Work in Progress

One of the first quilts that I ever made was a Puss in the Corner quilt. Sadly, that quilt is wore out and starting to fall apart. 

That quilt has kept us warm as we snuggled under it for many years. It's hard to give it up. So, I decided to make another like it. 

I have been working of these Puss in the Corner blocks this past week. Another work in progress.

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Cooking Up Quilts

Love Laugh Quilt

Sunday Scripture

An anxious heart weighs a man down,

but a kind word cheers him up.

Proverbs12:25

Mudbug Madness!

My husband and I took a road trip to Shreveport over the memorial day weekend. We went down there for the Mudbug Madness Festival. 

Oh my gosh...all the hot and spicy crawfish you can eat! And I must say that I ate my fill.

On the way home, we took our time and stopped at some resale shops and antique malls to browse.

I really liked the different ways they recycled things and made flower beds with them.

And I found these pretty fat quarters for a dollar each...I couldn't pass them up!

Also, one of the spots that caught our eye, and we had to go check it out was the Sasquatch store.

All kinds of neat things in and out of the store just for bigfoot...lol

We had a great time!

String Block Tutorial

This week I have been busy making string blocks from my scrapbag.

I started by cutting a paper foundation square from an old phone book. My pages turned out to be 

5 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches square. But you can use any size square that you want.

Next I layed two strips of fabric right sides together on the paper so that each strip covered the paper from side to side and stitches them onto the paper with a 1/4 inch seam. ( I used the smallest stitch length setting on my machine. When you take the paper off later it makes it easier to remove if the stitch length is small)

 After I sewed each piece of fabric to the paper, I pressed the fabric open, so that it would lay nice and flat.

Keep adding more strips or scraps of fabric until the square of paper is covered.

You can see on the back side of the block how the pieces of fabric are hanging over.

I lined my ruler up to the edge of the paper foundation on the back and trimmed the blocks using my rotary cutter.

While sewing the strips to the blocks, I chain pieced 5-6 blocks at a time. That way I didn't have to get up and press the fabric open with each block. I could press several at a time. 

The next step is tearing the paper off of the back, press the block once more, and wha-la!

You have your string blocks...ready for whatever project you choose to use them in.

They can be used in a table topper, potholders, mug rugs, put several of them together and make a quilt.

I framed some that I had made several years ago and made a quilt for my son. My grandkids call it a rainbow quilt!

And all this time I thought it was a string quilt, or a scrap quilt...Who knew!

Linking with: 

Quilting is more fun than Housework

Sew Many Ways 

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