I haven't had as much time to quilt lately as I'd like to with everything going on around here--mostly basketball, basketball, basketball. Dinner gets to be quite the odd event around here too as the first high school game starts at 3:30 (our youngest daughters JV team) and we don't usually get home before 9:30 as my husband runs the clock for all of the games and I help out with the booster club.
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| String Play starting to come together |
It's been a lot of fun watching the girls varsity team this year as once again we get to watch our oldest daughter play on the same team as one of our nieces. They are delightfully scrappy players to watch. Lots of action going on around them all of the time! Last year they got 5th in state in the 1B's and we have high hopes for them this time around too!
So... I am sewing one row of these string blocks together at a time, measuring to a uniform length and then making sure the ends aren't cut off too wonky. Sometimes I seam rip two strips apart and insert a new string if I think it will help make the ends look less 'chopped'. I try not to get too picky because after all, it's just a scrap bin quilt, but I really hate 1/8" strips and such at the end of a row.
It's crazy how much time it's taking to actually sew the rows together. I always seem to forget that part!
Lots and lots of pinning too, which I think is well worth the time spent as it will lay flatter in the end. Also, I was trying to make sure that I didn't have a string of yellow flush against a yellow string etc. in the next row, but now I've decided that's just nuts. They will land where they will and that's part of the charm--end of story.*wink
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| String Play rows |
When my girls came home for lunch today, I had them draw a name out of a bowl for the winner of the Traveling Stash.
Cathy from Big Lake Quilter--you are the winner! A big thanks to everyone who threw their name in the hat! I've had my fun and now it's time to move this Traveling Stash along to the next person.....
