String Quilt

I've been watching the string quilt hashtag over on Instagram and admiring all the lovely work of other quilters while collecting strips of my own for my version.

I collected my used dryer Bounce sheets to use for my foundation. A foundation is not needed, but it helps me with the length of my strips and to keep the rough block close to finished size. 

I used a 1" wide strip of white diagonally from corner to corner on the foundation and then added random strips to either side until the foundation was covered. 

Then each block was cut to a consistent size. I used green painter's tape to mark the size on the top of my 12.5" square ruler and lined up the white strip with the corners on those measurement lines. Think about trimming a half square triangle - the same principles apply here.

Because the dryer sheets are not square, putting these together makes a nice rectangular quilt top. I added a narrow white border (1.5" wide) and then a wider navy blue border to finish. For multi color quilts like this out of scraps, navy blue or forest green are good border choices to pull it all together. 

And the final quilt is an amazing blast of color! The backing also came from my stash and no fabrics were purchased to finish this quilt.

Do you like string quilts or scrappy quilts? What's your favorite pattern to use scraps?

--Ann