String Quartet, Show and Tell

 

How it started .... As a wall quilt designer, my ideas morph gradually looking for their own direction.  The Irish Chain is a favorite, however not unique.  I knew the Plus (Cross) Units had to be in the design somewhere, so they landed in the border.  

A love for string blocks definitely had a heavy influence with the next direction.  A quartet of On-Point  Neutral String Blocks replaced the large squares.

The final result is a Rainbow of String Quartets, with gem-like sparkles and melodic movement,  surrounded by the Plus (Cross) accents.  With an Economy exploding around us, the need to use what we have is becoming so important.  

The String Quartet Pattern was published by Black Cat Creations and is available by Download.

Hands2Help, 2021 Comfort Quilts

 

It's that time of the year again .... sewing machines are busy completing comfort quilts for the 2021 Hands2Help Quilt Challenge, hosted by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  This is my 11th year participating and I couldn't be prouder.  

With the Pandemic, I have a feeling this will be the largest collection yet.   Visit the Hands2Help 2021 page on Confessions of a Fabric Addict for a parade of beautiful quilts.

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The six (6) quilts I donated this year, went to Emily, with Aunt Ems Quilts; for her charity Quilty Hugs for Happy Chemo.  A side note, Emily also has a You Tube Channel with Sew Alongs and tutorials. 

The first quilt - "Chunky Pinwheels, is a collection of 8" blocks.   Each block contains (4) units with the following pieces:

  

After completing the Chunky Pinwheels, I had a boat load of HSTs, which were a good size to make regular pinwheels.  The next quilt used all of those HSTs, plus many more from my stash. Doing the math, 208 Pinwheels from 832 HSTs!

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Quilt #3, String Quartet (Black Cat Creations), used a stash of Kaffe Fassett strings left over from other projects.  As named, this pattern was designed to use those long skinny pieces.  

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The last 3 quilts are from the "I Love You More" trunk inventory.  The free tutorial is available on Confessions of a Fabric Addict.