Years ago, I belonged to an Internet quilt group called InterQuilt and I participated in a monthly strip swap for 2" strips. I used some of these strips to make a purple rail fence quilt for Jill, who is my niece Rachel's cousin. I realized that I don't have a picture of that quilt so I will have to reach out to Jill's Mom for one.
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| A view from inside the 2" strip box. A lot of oldies, but goodies in here. |
The strips I'm using came from swaps that I did with some of my quilting friends. A few (luckily, very few) of the strips are poorly cut. The over-sized strips are easy to trim and I've managed to finagle most of the undersized strips to work too. Some of the strips I received from our Black and White strip swap are black and cream, or black, white, and grey, but I'm going ahead and throwing them in my project anyways. A few non-batik strips snuck into the Batik strip swap. It's always interesting to work with other peoples' fabrics and see the variations, even though in theory they are all 100% quilt-shop quality cotton. Some of the fabrics are very thin, some are heavy, some of the prints appear dull, others are crisp and clear.
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| Here is LarryPug helping me to choose some fabric. |
Pugs and kisses,
Nancy
Thats what I like about strips too...kinda easy going sewing!
ReplyDeleteI like your helper. I never know which colors should go together. You have someone to choose for you. lol
ReplyDeleteI see a couple of strips you have that I have, too. (We must be sisters!)
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Thanks for the peak into your scrap box. I recognize some of those prints as I have them too but they aren't in my scrap box; they are in my stash. Yes, oldies but goodies. Too nice to throw out so I'll use them....eventually. Karen
ReplyDeleteI had that same experience with strip swaps. I had someone who hated a Hoffman Batik that I purchased and swapped because they thought it looked too much like a batik from JAF which was similar,but the material was much thinner.
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