Brown Monochromatic Challenge for March

Color Brown Done....yea!!

I did more string blocks...12" square. browns included gold, beige, cream and any shade between. it came out 48x60 inches. good for kid size.

I used the same stripe fabric in the middle of each block and made as many blocks as i could. in fact, i ran out and the last block has a pieced middle stripe that is not all the same. i searched and searched and could not find enough to do it all. can you find the rogue block?

I chose to put them in a zigzag fashion this time....each row moving from left to right. i kind of like that.

As you can see....some of the pieces are wiggly....i don't try to go straight...just whatever happens. i am an adventuresome quilter. LOL

I made the back from my hand dyed fabrics. i have to use these more often...i have a tub full. i will try to use them on the backs of all the mono challenge quilts.

I THINK all of those on the back are dyed by me but there are commercial fabrics on the front. i used different shades for the connections, too.

My dh says he likes it but likes the back better than the front. how about you...which side do you like best? do you make string quilts? they go so fast. but it's like selvages....you think you are using a LOT but you really aren't. i have enough strings to make a few dozen more.

Ready for the next color

The box is empty!

Yea!!  the box is empty....

That is the box that held 195  6 inch string blocks. it was the #10 challenge box for Judy L's 2011 challenge. it took me 2 weeks to get it all put together.

There were days i didn't think i was going to make it. but once i got down to only 5 more rows to go...then i was on a mission and worked on it late into the night.

It is 14 blocks x 14 blocks ( i had to make one more to have 196). it was a bear to wrestle around and get those 'sashings' on to tie it all together. and this one doesn't have a selvage in it....all string blocks.

I thought i had worn out my little Janome...the feed dogs just wouldn't pull anymore. it was going through 8 layers of fabric at times and batting.

But i figured out this morning that the machine is fine....it just needed major cleaning from all that crud.

Here is the back

And you know it took me most of the quilt (9 rows) to figure out how to do the sashings easier. I was adding the sashings to the big part of the quilt after i added each row. finally figured out it was much simpler to add the sashing to the row itself before adding that row to the large part of the quilt. much easier to handle.

And i figured out the reason i had 195 blocks was that i ran out of that backing fabric. i needed to make 1 more block to get the last row to work out. i was in the studio late last night...in my pj's....searching for another 6" piece of that fabric. i found a few scraps that i seamed together...about 5" worth. so the last block has other fabric in it to make it 6".

So that monster is finished and i figured it cleared 11 yards of fabric from my stash to do it all. and i still have enough strings in a HUGE tub to do another couple dozen string quilts.

So, come on Judy....i'm ready for March....Bring it ON!!!!

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