Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Count Me in, 8s & 10s

 Woohoo! It's turning out to be a good 

morning here in the sewing room.

The bottom of a rabbit hole,

8 x10s are coming along nicely.

The real name for this pattern

is something like 6 and 8s.

I'm using an 8" and 10" variation of my own,

solely because it worked with what I have.

Strings of various widths are edged

 by black on  two opposing sides.

Here is my progress.



I have enough for about 1 1/2 twin

sized quilts.  I'm aiming for 2 twins. 

Here is my source.



A bin of string/scraps and other 

hidden treasures.  Look what I found!

A project ready to go:



A dazzling pile of chunks:


(look at this one!)


and a raft of light/low volume strips


I'm going to be stitching up the blocks into tops 

as soon as I get the dividing

black strip on the last few edges.

Stay safe and sew on !

Linking up with :

Design Wall Monday

Monday Musings

SrSPS

To Do Tuesday

Needle & Thread Thursday

Wait Loss Wednesday

Put Your Foot Down

Free Motion Mavericks

Finished or Not Friday

Off the Wall Friday

Patchwork & Quilts

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Oh Scrap!

Stitching Stuff




22 comments:

  1. What a great bin! May there be many more in your future!

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    1. I know ! It is just like Christmas morning!

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  2. All those treasures hiding in the bins! Love your string blocks, they are going to be fun quilts.

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    1. Thank you , I think they will be fun. I over sewed and now I think I'm on the way to 3 tops!

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  3. Oooh! Those scraps, strings and chunks are going to be one fun quilt! Have fun with your string blocks Deb. Thank you for sharing with To-Do Tuesday. Have a great week and enjoy your time in the sewing room. 😁 Carol

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    1. I will thank you ! I've jumped back on the sew along. Definitely making progress!

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  4. Do you have a link to the pattern/idea for this quilt?

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    1. Hmm I'll keep trying to find one. I sew from pictures a lot. I used random width strips or string to make a strip set at least 8 + inches wide and 11+ inches long.
      Then I trimed to 8" wide and added 1 1/2" of black to each side. Then after the black, since sometimes it distorts due to the scraps strips off grain, I trim down to a 10" square. It' s an easy size to make into a variety of sizes. Hope this helps. If I find a link I will pass it on! Happy Stitching!

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  5. What a great find! Those scraps are going to make some great quilts. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
    https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2025/06/18/wednesday-wait-loss-437

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  6. LOVE scrappy neutrals!!! Can't wait to see what they become.

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    1. They are addictively fun to sew, weird. I'm happily digging them out and stitching!

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    1. Hmm, I still have quite a pile of strips and strings. On to more sewing!

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  8. Yee Haw! What a great find in the pile! The 8 & 10s blocks look great and will make a couple of fun quilts. Great job!

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  9. Great find, Deb! I like your string blocks. Have fun! Thanks for joining us at MM.

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  10. Those are great scrappy blocks! I'll enjoy seeing how your quilt tops come together. You definitely have a treasure trove of scraps!

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  11. Hi Deb, looking forward to seeing your finish! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks.

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  12. Lots of fun scrappy stitching in the works. Enjoy!

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  13. Wow, what great finds in that bin! Love the way you are using those strings. I will enjoy seeing them together...I'm working with strings now trying to tame the scraps. You have great ideas, Deb.

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  14. A real treasure indeed, lot of pretty fabrics, scraps and strips in there! It's going to be a fun project. Thank you for sharing your beautiful blocks and linking up, have fun sewing this project!

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