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Heart String Quilt Block Swap #8 March 2011

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Heart String Quilt Block Swap #8 March 2011
Swap Coordinator:beancounter17 (contact)
Swap categories: Fabric  Sewing  Quilting 
Number of people in swap:11
Location:Regional - US & Canada
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:March 6, 2011
Date items must be sent by:March 26, 2011
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

Ready for another round?

This is such a simple quilt block and it's definitely addictive!! So get out your scraps and leftover jelly roll strips and join us. This swap is for all levels of quilters. It doesn’t matter - you just need to be accurate.

You will be making 4 blocks each for your 2 partners (a total of 8 blocks). You will also send along 5(five) "strings" of fabric, each at least 12" long, for each of your partners' stash.

INSTRUCTIONS: We will use the foundation fabric method. This means that we use a piece of muslin or flannel as the base for our square, to stabilize the square and also to make it easier to put it together. Please use this method – do not use the paper piecing method. The blocks we are making will be 6 ½ inches, when finished. I would recommend that you make your fabric base about 7 inches, so that if there is any “shrinkage” due to sewing, there is a bit of extra room to compensate for it, and you can just trim the squares after you are done.

REMINDERS: --- It is very important to iron each strip down as you sew it.

--- The same fabric can only be used in a square 2 times.

--- The squares are supposed to be scrappy. The scrappier the better! So please don’t try to coordinate things. Just grab a strip and sew.

--- Strips should VARY IN WIDTH, BUT BE NO WIDER THAN 1-3/4 inches UNFINISHED (BEFORE being sewn down). This will allow for the squares to have about 10-14 different fabrics each.

--- Please use decent quality 100% cotton fabric.

RULES (sorry about that): --- You must have a rating of at least 4.90 with no “1”s in the last 3 months.

--- You need to have at least 10 mailed/package swaps that you have been rated for.

--- I will review each profile before partners are assigned, and reserve the right to remove you from the swap if need be. --- If there are “circumstances”, email me and we will try to work things out.

Newbies, if you are interested in a private swap, let me know.

I will angel this if needed, but I will not be happy about it. I will let everyone else know about it, and will ban you from any future swaps. Also, you don't really need to wait til partners are assigned. So get out the old machine, and have some fun!!! Hope you will join us!!

Heart String Quilt Block tutorial

Discussion

beancounter17 03/ 3/2011 #

Just to clarify:

Extra strips should be at least 12 inches long, and any reasonable width. "Strips should VARY IN WIDTH, BUT BE NO WIDER THAN 1-3/4 inches UNFINISHED (BEFORE being sewn down)."

JennyTheArtist 03/ 3/2011 #

i would love to learn more about this type of quilt... any other tutorials out there?

twobluecrows 03/ 8/2011 #

Jenny, here is a nice primer for the technique, though for this swap, and others where I need to make multiple smaller blocks for multiple partners, I make one large block for every four smaller nes I need, and after trimming it to the 13" size for four 6.5" ones, I cut it into quarters. I usually start with a 14 or 15" muslin foundation because they always seem to shrink a little as I sew the strips on.

a string quilt primer

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