Comments on: String Star

By: pat parson

pat parson — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:50:39 +0000

I just saw a quilt on your blog it was called leap frog, I loved the blues you chose. What collection did you use, I am making my daughter a quilt and would love to use those colors. I would appreciate any information. Thank you, Pat Parson

By: Pat C

Pat C — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:29 +0000

I have my grandmother’s string star quilt from 1935. A picture of it and my grandmother will be included in the Alabama Quilt Book by Mary Elizabeth Johnson, to be published this year or next.

By: Jackie K

Jackie K — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:53:04 +0000

OOooo – I could make those long strips of strings all day long. Something wonderfully meditative about stitching the long lines and chosing the strips to sew.

By: Golo

Golo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:25:20 +0000

I really like this star quilt done with the strips… looks like this gal was trying to step out of the box.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:16:23 +0000

I also thought the sashing was an odd choice……but it’s oddly interesting to me, makes the quilt look summery and fresh, however unusual. What a bonus to get that extra piece of strips, and for $7! You’ve mentioned this before, some people just don’t know the value of quilts, whatever age they are. I’m sure if you decide to replace the sashing, it’ll be an improvement and lots of fun to find a way to incorporate the strip set. Thanks once again for sharing your cupboard with us

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:15:25 +0000

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:07:00 +0000

This is great — I agree it would be better with different sashing, and what fun to have all that extra fabric to work with — the prints are very striking. I often cut pieces that are not on the correct grain or on the bias. Sometimes it can’t be helped when you’re working with small pieces of vintage fabric, but I haven’t found it to be a big problem and I kind of like the challenge.

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:15:07 +0000

That was how I was shown how to make a string star when I was living in southern Georgia by an older neighbor. We pieced long pieces of fabric then cut the pieces out. She thought using paper beneath was crazy! Guess it is all how you were taught….I like how the strip looks before it is cut into!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:48:28 +0000

Ann, you sound like a perfectionist. Taking it apart would be a lot of work.

By: amy

amy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:04 +0000

Another wonderful top! Like Tonya, I was eye-ing all of those diagonal stripes and wondering how someone could have come up with so many without cutting it on the bias. Very interesting and lovely!