Kaffe Fassett Strips and Strings

As I said on Monday, I am destashing my sets of blocks and even quilt tops. I have 14 string pieced blocks made using my leftover Kaffe Fassett fabrics. They measure 9" x 12" (and finish to 8-1/2" x 11-1/2"). That's because I used 9" x 12" newsprint from a kid's doodle pad bought from the Dollar Store!

14 String Pieced Blocks

There are 7 blocks with strips going from top left to bottom right and 7 blocks with strips going from top right to bottom left. This way they will "zig and zag" across the face of the quilt.

Rectangles of paper (I'm using 9" x 12" paper for these samples)

I showed these steps a few years ago:

Audition strip

2nd strip aligned and pinned.

Now it's time to sew. 1/4", but you don't have to agonize about this. This will be close to an improvisational quilt.

Stitch

Press open and keep adding strips until the surface of the paper is covered. You stitch and flip, going from one side to the other. Finish those corners with a rough cut triangle.

Entire paper is stitched

Now to trim

Trim away excess beyond paper on all 4 sides.

And how does this look from the front? Lovely, huh? 

First block trimmed

And the second block? Notice that the diagonal in the first block goes from top left to bottom right; the diagonal in second block goes from top right to bottom left.

Two blocks side by side

And four blocks together:

Four Blocks (9" x 12")

And here is what the back of a block looks like with paper removed.

Paper removed from string pieced block

And how do 8 blocks look? I love these!

8 String pieced rectangular blocks: 9" x 12"

 Here are the 14 blocks I finished PLUS 3 bags stuffed full of Kaffe Fassett scraps, enough to make a few dozen more blocks! They sold on Etsy within a hour of me posting this!

14 String Pieced blocks (and more papers), along with 3 bags stuffed with scraps!

Many of the scraps are "vintage" Kaffe prints (no longer available). But they were tired of living in a box under my spare bed!