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String Fling: Scrappy, Happy and Loving It!
Strings and strips and scraps usually too small to be useful for other projects, but they are just right for these 13 new quilts from Bonnie Hunter. Find a twist on traditional designs along with some new ideas straight from Bonnie's scrappy imagination.
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249 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2012
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January 25, 2019
Very challenging
December 8, 2018
If you love a scrappy style of quilting, you'll want to look at some of Bonnie K. Hunter's patterns. She has that "everything including the kitchen sink" style that (in my ever-so-humble opinion) feels truer to the classic "mend and make do" quilt aesthetic than the matchy-matchy, perfectly coordinated style, where every piece of fabric comes from one collection of prints. That's not to say that a matchy-matchy quilt is inferior or wrong in some way. It's just a different style. Personally, I find a busy mix (and sometimes even intentional clash) of prints and colors charming. If you do, too, give this a look!
The patterns in this particular book (as you might have gathered from the title) all include string piecing. I won't bore you with definitions and descriptions you could easily look up on your own; suffice it to say that string piecing is easy, fun, and addictive. I'd say string piecing is an ideal introduction to quilting, since there are so few rules to follow. If you can sew a (reasonably) straight line, you can string piece.
These patterns take the idea of string quilting and run with it in different directions-- and in varying degrees of difficulty. There's room to grow new skills in these pages. Recommended for fans of the scrappy style!
(This book also describes Bonnie K. Hunter's system for cutting and storing scraps so that they're at their optimal usefulness. I haven't implemented her system in my own relatively young stash, yet, but it's interesting, and I'm keeping it in mind for the future. If you're drowning in scraps, it does seem like a great way to create useful cuts of fabric that are easier to transform into quilts.)
The patterns in this particular book (as you might have gathered from the title) all include string piecing. I won't bore you with definitions and descriptions you could easily look up on your own; suffice it to say that string piecing is easy, fun, and addictive. I'd say string piecing is an ideal introduction to quilting, since there are so few rules to follow. If you can sew a (reasonably) straight line, you can string piece.
These patterns take the idea of string quilting and run with it in different directions-- and in varying degrees of difficulty. There's room to grow new skills in these pages. Recommended for fans of the scrappy style!
(This book also describes Bonnie K. Hunter's system for cutting and storing scraps so that they're at their optimal usefulness. I haven't implemented her system in my own relatively young stash, yet, but it's interesting, and I'm keeping it in mind for the future. If you're drowning in scraps, it does seem like a great way to create useful cuts of fabric that are easier to transform into quilts.)
October 8, 2022
Love the options
I can't throw out the smallest of fabric pieces and strings are a great way. I've gotten some new ideas and I've gotten some great new designs.
I can't throw out the smallest of fabric pieces and strings are a great way. I've gotten some new ideas and I've gotten some great new designs.
June 11, 2016
Because there were no Bonnie K. Hunter books available in our library consortium, I bought this book new. I liked her "Directions at a Glance". It is a pictorial summary with size and number of blocks annotated.
Bonnie recommends Easy Angle and Companion Angle rulers by EZ Quilting. I can see where they would be really helpful if you were making a gazillion blocks like she does.
My favorite quilt in the book is the Cotton Candy one- the colors and that curved border are just so pretty!
I was inspired to keep a pile of computer paper that I was going to get rid of. I would like to try paper piecing, and if that takes off, I will need it!
Bonnie recommends Easy Angle and Companion Angle rulers by EZ Quilting. I can see where they would be really helpful if you were making a gazillion blocks like she does.
My favorite quilt in the book is the Cotton Candy one- the colors and that curved border are just so pretty!
I was inspired to keep a pile of computer paper that I was going to get rid of. I would like to try paper piecing, and if that takes off, I will need it!
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