String Quilts: 10 Fun Patterns For Innovating And Renovating

by Elsie Campbell

Award-winning quilt maker, Elsie Campbell, loves to take homemade fabric yardage and turn it into stunning, pieced, string quilts, whose leftover yardage can then spawn an appliqued "sister" quilt. Ten patterns for all skill levels. String Quilts is one part innovation, one part thrift, and a whole lot of fun. When author, educator, and award-winning quilt-maker Elsie M. Campbell needs a break from creating precision pieced and -appliquéd beauties, she turns to making string quilts. "This is my playtime," she says. String Quilts is an innovative approach to quilt-making that involves creating your own fabric yardage from new or leftover strips of fabric. This new yardage becomes the basis for creating stunning pieced quilts, whose leftover yardage can then spawn an appliquéd "sister" quilt. The 10 quilts are shown in brilliant full color photography with easy-to-follow instructions, patterns, and diagrams. Also included are "Elsie's Top Tips for Successful String Quilts" and a full-color Gallery of 12 additional quilts by Campbell and other playful quilters, all demonstrating the range and charm of string quilts. Patterns for all skill levels.

Genres: Crafts, Quilting

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jennifer Mitchell-Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was impressed with the quilts in this book. Most scrap quilts made from random strips of all colors do not allow the eyes to rest and see structure and pattern. These quilts do have form and visual pleasure. I shared the book with my daughter who is learning to quilt and she found several of the scrap quilts pleasing to the eye and wants to use this book while learning not to waste her fabric scraps. She especially likes the quilt made with the author’s father’s shirts. It was an appliqué quilt making Poppies the focus of the quilt and is beautiful.

[Aimee]

I liked the cover quilt, Dad’s Plaids, but other than that the patterns weren’t my style.

[Aimee]

I really like string quilts, but these weren't my style.

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