DEADLINE TO SIGN UP:  July 1, 2023

SWAP STARTS:  July 15, 2023

SWAP ENDS:  September 30, 2023

Imagine a conversation with yourself that goes something like this:

Strings, strings, and more strings!  All over the place!  What to do with all those strings?

Maybe sew another quilt? 

Hide them in the closet and hope that to forget them, and pray that they don’t multiply?  Heaven forbid!

Give them to someone else as a gift?

Or how about…  String blocks! 

Say what?  Sew them into string blocks and then swap them with other quilters!

What a wonderful idea!

SIZES: Blocks must measure 12” square.  You may use any PAPER FOUNDATION if you desire – children’s drawing tablet, copy paper, tissue paper, paper made for paper piecing or foundations, or old phone book pages. Make sure to reduce your stitch length so that seams don’t pop open or break when papers are ultimately removed.

Strings should be no wider than 3.5” and each block should contain a variety of sizes (widths) and a good number of strips. Remember these should be scrappy and happy!

FABRICS: No more than 5 blocks exactly alike! Scrappy!  We will decide on how many blocks to make when sign-ups close on July 15, 2023 and we will have a list then.

LEAVE PAPERS IN.  DO NOT REMOVER PAPERS!!!!  With so many different fabrics and biased edges, leaving paper in provides one more layer of stability for the block until it is attached to something else. Make sure to include your name on each block on the back. You may use address labels, or just write it on the paper.

You must contact Donna Coppin at thepinkquilter@gmail.com with String Blocks 2023 in the subject line, with your address.     

What is a string block? It is a simple PP block that uses up a lot of scraps.

Here a tutorial to get started:

Please read Swap Guidelines before signing up for more details on swapping.

Thank you for playing along!