String quilts are such fun, especially when they are made out of men's shirts and bought at bag sales at thrift shops. XXL shirts yield a ton of fabric, and even smaller sizes have lots to cut. I look for 100% cotton, although I'm happy to take a cotton/poly combination provided that cotton is the main fiber. So far I have 4 10" squares done, and lots and lots of fabric to go.
The Hubz needs a guy quilt, and what could be more guy than men's shirtings? And do I care if he gets ketchup on the quilt? Nah. This is just leftovers.
The trick is to spend very little money on the shirts, no more than $2/shirt, and even better, if the thrift shop is having a sale of stuff a bag for $5, boy can you ever squash in those shirts! It also helps to have a theme. So, I look for blue and white and occasionally a bit of green. Easy peasy to find, since most men's shirts seem to be blue and white. Stripes, plaids, checks, it doesn't matter.
And on a much slower note, here are the Dots and Boxes joined together. These are English paper pieced, all hand done, and they take forever. Nice to do in front of the TV, or chatting with the Hubz. Im not particularly interested in speed, so EPP suits me just fine. And now that I'm fixated on string quilts, well there is where I can zoom along.
Such fun!
And yesterday I found my long-lost Dresden template, and you know what's in my head now. Little Dresden circles. I have tons of charm packs, too. No pics because this is all in my head.
As for my poor knitting, alas, I seem to knit only at night and am working on a very large shawl. One of these days I'll show you.
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It's nice to have knitting, machine and EPP projects to bounce back and forth between...they say that variety is the spice of life!
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