Snow is Melting - Finally

The last couple of days the sun has been shining and the snow going. I can see the floor of the patio now - it has been covered for weeks. Yesterday it was around 50 and felt absolutely balmy! Cooler than that today, but still not bad.

All together! I think the border worked out okay. The striped fabric picks up all the colors. Picture is a little fuzzy but you can get the idea.

I saw a picture of the string quilt that is in this book and it really is something I like. Decided I might give it a try in black and white.

Four six inch blocks together. It calls for cutting 6 1/2 blocks of the thin facing that is used for embroidery. For these four, I used a roll of stabilizer that is for machine applique and it is too stiff. Today I bought some of the right thing at Joann's. The idea is to leave it right in the block.

This is how it would look vertically - I think it would be striking. I have a lot of black and white fabrics. The worst part would be the cutting of the strips, but the rest would be easy, peasy sewing. There is also another quilt I saw on the internet in black and white with some bright colors in it.

Isn't that a beauty? It really has me fascinated. I have no idea who made it - I should put a note with the pictures telling where I find these great things.