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1String Quilt Revival by Virginia Baker and Barbara Sanders




ContentsWhat Are String Quilts? 6

Materials and Tools 8

Techniques 10

The Quilts 22

Super Sar 24

Shelia’s Porch 32

Cheddar Blue 38

I’s Lemon, I Think 46

Diamonds Are Forever 54

I Go he Blues 62

All Boxed In 70

Sack Beauy 78

Flamingo 84

Sring Binkie 92

Sarry Burs 100

Pillow Shams 108

Poholders 114

Gallery 120

About Us 125

Index 126



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StarryBurstThe Sarry Burs patern

is very versaile and can

be made in a variey o

colors. The finished quil

will be as radiional or

conemporary as your

abric choices. The

combinaion o ligh

value srings sewn nex

o he dark burgundy

sars are reminiscen

o fireworks seen in a

summer nigh sky.

MATERIALS LIST

5 yards of 30"-wide no-show mesh stabilizer forstabilizer blocks

1¼" yds of fabric for starpoints

1 yd of fabric for accenttriangles

5 yards of 25 or moreassorted fabrics forstrings

2 yards coordinatingfabric for border

Figure 11.3

2|Place a sring righ side down on op o he sar poin,

wih he raw edge o he sring parallel wih he raw edge

o he sar poin. The end o he sring closes o he drawn line

should ouch or slighly cover he line. The opposie end o he

sring should exend ½" pas he sabilizer edge (Figure 11.3).

Note: I he srings are no even wih or are slighly above he

placemen line, he raw edges o he srings will no be covered

when sewing he accen abric o he sabilizer.

3|Sew using a ¼" seam allowance. Press he seam. Flip he

sring back and press (Figure 11.4).

Note: During he sewing process, ime can be used mos effi-

cienly by repeaing each sep using he chain sich mehod

(see page XX).

4|Sewing rom he op o he placemen line o he end o

he abric, repea Seps 2 and 3 unil he righ side o he

sabilizer is covered (Figure 11.5).

Figure 11.4

Figure 11.5

Due to space limitations, only part of the project is shown.

Note from Nancy

Traditionally, string quilts were sewn to a newspa-

per foundation. After stitching the fabric “strings”

to the newspaper, the paper was painstakingly

removed. Fast forward to the 21st century. Ginger

and Bobbie’s use of a polyester mesh stabilizer

as the foundation piece changes the process!

The stabilizer is lightweight and can stay as part

of the quilt—no removal necessary. What a great

way to create string quilts!



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mming

|Place a block righ side down on he cuting ma wih he

accen riangle in he op righ corner. Place he squaring

er on op o he block, using he sabilizer as a guide. Make

re he 8" lines o he squaring ruler are clearly covered by

e abric on all sides. Check wice. Cu he righ side rom

tom o op. Cu he op rom righ o lef.

ote: The sabilizer block will become a litle smaller during

e piecing process. This is normal and no need or concern.

ach block will be squared o 8" regardless o he dimensions

he sabilizer block.

ote to beginners: The lef side cu is exremely difficul. Care

ould be aken o ensure he ruler has no shifed during rim-

ng.

2|Lif he ruler and roae he block 180-degrees. Reposi-

ion he ruler wih he rimmed edges o he block lined

exacly wih he 8" lines o he ruler. Trim he righ side o

e block rom botom o op. Trim he op rom righ o lef

gure 11.11). Repea Seps 1 and 2 unil all blocks have been

mmed.

ock and Row Assembly

|Lay ou 4 blocks wih he accen riangles on each ouside

corner. Place he op 2 blocks righ sides ogeher, pinning

boh ends and in he cener. Sew using a ¼" seam allowance.

emove he pins. Press he seam. Flip he piece over wih he

cen riangles oward you. Press he seam o he lef. Repea

s process wih he botom 2 blocks.

2|Reposiion he op and botom blocks, wih he riangles

in each ouside corner. Place he righ sides ogeher,

t he cener seams, and pin a each end and in he cener

each block. Sew using a ¼" seam allowance. Remove he pins.

ess he seam. Flip he block over and press i. Repea Seps 1

d 2 unil you have compleed 16 quil blocks (Figure 11.12).

3|Lay ou he 16 blocks in your desired arrangemen. Each

row will have 4 blocks. Pin a row ogeher, buting he

ams and keeping he ends square. Sew using a ¼" seam allow-

ce. Remove he pins. Press he seams. Flip he row over and

ess i fla. Repea his process unil you have compleed 4

ws.

Figure 11.11

Figure 11.12

4|Sew he 4 rows ogeher, buting he seams. Press heseams. Flip he quil op over and press i fla.

Border

Cu 4 4½" × 72" border srips rom coordinaing abric. Sew a

srip o each side o he quil op. Mier he corners.Variation: Starry Burst

Due to space limitations, only part of the project is shown.




ISBN 10 . . . . . . . . . 1-4402-1403-4ISBN 13 . . . . . . . 978-1-4402-1403-5UPC . . . . . . . . . . 0 74962 01252 4EAN . . . . . . . . . . 9 781440 214035SRN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z9315

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . QuiltingPrice. . . . . . US $29.99, CAN $33.99Trim . . . . . . . . . 8.25"w x 10.875"hPage count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Binding . . . . . . . . . . . Paperback

Publication month. . . . August 2011Word count . . . . . . . . . . .25,000# of color illustrations. . . . . . . 200# of b/w illustrations . . . . . . . . . 12Interior color . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4c

String Quilt RevivalVirginia Baker and Barbara Sanders

About the Authors

Sisers Virginia Baker and Barbara Sanders, beter known as Ginger and Bobbie o friends and family, were born and

raised in Tennessee. Virginia worked for weny years in he pain manufacuring indusry, a job ha included color devel-

opmen and ining, where she developed a keen eye for color. She was also a member of he Norh Jefferson (Alabama)

Quil Guild where she was a par of he eaching eam o inroduce many newcomers o he world of quiling. Barbara is a

happily reired bank vice presiden.

The wo founded Wool Sisers, a group for rug hooker in 2000. Today he group has wo informal rereas a year and one

camp wih a naionally known eacher. Virginia also eaches beginning primiive rug hooking in her home sudio and also

eaches a John C. Campbell Folk School in Brassown, NC.

Sring quils have been around or cenuries,

bu in Sring Quil Revival his ime-esed

arorm is given new lie. Virginia Baker and

Barbara Sanders guide readers hrough he consruc-

ion and sewing process o sring quil blocks, using

a new ype o oundaion: no-show mesh sabilizer, a

produc ha minimizes disorion o he blocks and

doesn’ need o be removed. In addiion o learn-

ing his echnique, readers will sew 13 unique sring

projecs, ranging rom poholders o queen-size quils,each eauring an differen sring block in a resh and

un colorway. A chaper devoed o various mehods

o echniques, rom color choice and abric selec-

ion o cuting borders and binding he quils, will be

invaluable o beginners, while several variaion and

gallery quils will provide inspiraion or seasoned

quilers.

As par o he Creae wih Nancy series, his book will

also include Noes rom Nancy, ips and ricks rom

renowned sof craf and sewing exper Nancy Zieman,

sprinkled hroughou he pages. A 30-minue DVD

hosed by Nancy eaures boh o he auhors demon-sraing he echniques and showing he projecs.

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