String quilts : sustainable patchwork projects using fabric scraps

String quilts Sustainable patchwork projects using fabric scraps

Carolyn Forster

Book - 2024

Many quilters are rediscovering a range of traditional patchwork and quilting techniques that, at their heart, are based on recycling and reusing materials. A style of patchwork that is true to this ethos, and which has been around for centuries, is string patchwork with its use of sewn fabric strips. Due to the scrap nature of string quilts, they are good for using a wide range and eclectic mix of fabrics that, otherwise, would have gathered dust in the corner of a room.

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Subjects
Quilting.
Patchwork quilts.
Quilting > Patterns.
Patchwork > Patterns.
Sustainable living.
afghans (throws)
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General.
Published
Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom : Search Press 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Carolyn Forster (author)
Item Description
Includes templates (pages 168-175).
Physical Description
176 pages : colour Illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN
9781800920828
  • Introduction
  • History of string quilts
  • You will need
  • Fabrics
  • Threads
  • Foundation choices
  • Equipment + notions
  • Wadding/batting
  • Cutting
  • What is a fabric string?
  • Cutting your own strings
  • How to cut up a shirt
  • Piecing + sewing
  • Before you begin
  • 'Stitch + flip' string piecing on a foundation
  • String fabric
  • String Log Cabins
  • Appliqué
  • Using freezer paper
  • Interfaced appliqué
  • Sewing appliqué shapes in place
  • Basic string block designs
  • What holds a string quilt together?
  • Basic ideas
  • Focus colours
  • Lights vs. darks
  • Half Square Triangles: plain
  • Half Square Triangles: string style
  • Perpendicular triangles
  • Cutting out sections
  • Layering + tacking/basting
  • Holding the layers together
  • Hand tacking/basting
  • Tacking/basting systems
  • Safety-pin tacking/basting
  • Table-top tacking/basting
  • Quilting
  • Marking
  • String quilt designs
  • Hand quilting
  • Hand tying a quilt
  • Machine quilting
  • Binding
  • Making binding tape
  • Continuous mitred binding
  • Self-bound binding
  • Turn-through or bagged-out binding
  • Square-cornered binding
  • Hacked mitred corners with a square-corner finish
  • Labelling + aftercare
  • Quilts
  • Vintage Crumb Log Cabin
  • String Snowball
  • Blue String Stars
  • Basic String Block
  • Half Log Cabin
  • Wonky Squares
  • Stars + Spiders' Webs
  • Tulips + Picket Fences
  • Vintage Embroidered Tablecloths
  • Housetop Sawtooth Star
  • Gifts + accessories
  • Selvedge-edge Scrap Basket
  • Tiled + Quilted Shirt-backed Pillow
  • Tulip Table Runner
  • Snowball Pincushion
  • Thread-saver Gift Tags + Notecards
  • Templates
  • Copyright + editions notice
Review by Booklist Review

Waste not: put all fabric scraps into a string quilt basket! So-called because they can be made with fabric remainders as thin as an apron string (or wider), string quilts are pieced together in a thoughtful and flexible way. A favorite old shirt at the end of its life, for instance, could either function as the back of a string quilt pillow or as the frame for different fabrics in a series of tiles. Forster (known on Instagram as @quiltingonthego) is very thorough, helping readers adopt fully the notion of sustainability by laying out the details and how-tos of cutting, piecing, sewing, appliqué, layering, quilting, and binding. And by the way, a sewing machine is not a prerequisite. Traditional quilters may be surprised by some of Forster's tips--and elated by the outcomes of these 15 projects that start from old standard designs like log cabin, stars, and snowballs. This is a seductive invitation to old and new aficionados of the art to recycle and reuse innovatively. Includes templates.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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