Monday, February 2, 2015

My Next Scrap Project

I posted last week that I was starting a new string project. Click here for that post. That first post contains the information about the tutorial I am using in case you are curious.

The first step was to make a bunch of these.


Then trim them up.


Then figure out unit placement.


Then sew them together. As I suspected, pressing the diagonal seams open does help reduce bulk since I am not trimming away the white base triangle. Double prong pins help to line up the center with the seams pressed open.



I now have two of my twelve blocks completed.


You can see the spider web starting to form at the corners where the blocks meet.



4 comments:

West Michigan Quilter said...

Looking good. What a great way to use those scraps. I must try that.

Lies Koster said...

I do like the spiderweb idea of your quilt and the result is lovely. BUT now I see your way of making it, it seems such a waist of fabric... to me. I was puzzling how to avoid that. Maybe you can make a stripe of stripes and cut the triangle out of it: one normal, the next upside down, then one normal again. Then you can sew them on the bigger solid triangles or even on the/a diamond. Huisvlijtigliesje.blogspot.com

Sandy H said...

I love looking at these but I'm not sure I ever want to make one! They're something I think I prefer to admire from afar. But admire yours I do! Very nice.

Barb said...

Thanks so much for showing this...I just love it....