{"id":2779,"date":"2015-08-18T15:53:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T20:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?page_id=2779"},"modified":"2019-11-25T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T16:45:16","slug":"string-pyramids-started-aug-15-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?page_id=2779","title":{"rendered":"2016 – String Pyramids (Bob’s Memorial Quilt)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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08\/15\/15:\u00a0 <\/strong>Inspired by Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts (http:\/\/crazymomquilts.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/living-up-to-my-blog-name.html<\/a>), I began gathering scrap fabric strips, cutting equilateral triangles from waste printer paper and stitching string pyramids.\u00a0 The triangle units were stitched on my 1925 Frankenstein treadle (Singer\/National) sewing machine.\u00a0 The units are then hand stitched into rows.\u00a0 I’m hoping the top continues to grow into a sofa quilt.<\/p>\n

08\/25\/15:\u00a0 <\/strong>Hmmm, I’ve created a dilemma.\u00a0 Though I absolutely love the process of making the pyramid units on the treadle machine and I even enjoy hand stitching them together, I’m not enthused with how it looks when assembled.\u00a0\u00a0 Because of the extensive number of seams, this will be a heavy quilt so it may become a dog bed cover.\u00a0 I’ll continue assembling in hopes I either begin liking it more or find a string quilt pattern I like better.\u00a0 Here’s how it looks today:<\/p>\n

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09\/20\/15:\u00a0 <\/strong>Have taken a break from this top to work on others but to satisfy a craving to use the treadle machine, I put together 25 more string triangle units today.\u00a0 I’m liking the quilt a little more and suspect the feelings may grow.\u00a0 If this top becomes nothing else, I may make it into a poncho.\u00a0 I’ve recently purchased some Thermore batting for just such a project.<\/p>\n

12\/8\/15:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 After deciding to make this into a single bed sized top (with DH’s encouragement), I’ve picked up working on it again.\u00a0 Making the triangle units on the treadle machine is a true addiction but as the top continues to grow, an end is in sight.\u00a0 It currently measures 55″ x 86″, leaving space for a plain border and lots of extra triangle units.\u00a0 Dog quilt?\u00a0 Potholders?\u00a0 I’ll add them to the ever-growing ‘Extras’ container to possibly use at a later date.<\/p>\n

1\/5\/16:\u00a0 <\/strong>Added black triangles to straighten the edge, then a border of 2\u00bd” squares to completed the top.\u00a0 Not looking forward to basting so I’ve put it aside for a little while.<\/p>\n

2\/12\/16:\u00a0 <\/strong>Pieced together backing, sandwiched and began basting.\u00a0 Still haven’t decided how it will be quilted but I NEED a hand stitching project.\u00a0 Considering either a straight line grid of some fashion or possibly a large Baptist fan design.\u00a0 Bob is leaning toward Baptist Fans.\u00a0 Regardless, it will be a challenge with all these seams.\u00a0 The more I look at this top, the more I like it!<\/p>\n

6\/4\/16:\u00a0 <\/strong>Over half finished quilting big Baptist fan design.\u00a0 It is a challenge to quilt over all the seams but I’m doing my best and hang the rest!\u00a0 DH likes the quilt so I’m inspired to finish it for him.<\/p>\n

8\/30\/16:<\/strong>\u00a0 Though DH didn’t live long enough to enjoy using this quilt, I’ve continued to work on it.\u00a0 The hand quilting is finished.\u00a0 I plan to apply the binding over the next few days.<\/p>\n

9\/9\/16:\u00a0 <\/strong>Bob’s quilt is finished and washed.\u00a0 All that is left to do is make and apply a label.\u00a0 That task will be done shortly when the ordered supplies finally arrive.\u00a0 The finished quilt measures 92″ x 60″ and was machine and hand pieced and hand quilted.\u00a0 It was made 100% from scraps, including the backing.\u00a0 The quilting was done with red YLI quilting thread leftover from another project.\u00a0 The batting is Thermore, originally designed for hand quilted clothing and the binding is red\/black mosiac print left from another project.\u00a0 The more I look at this quilt, the more I like it.\u00a0 There are so many possibilities for new designs using this basic string pyramid triangle.\u00a0 Such fun!\u00a0 I surely wish Bob was here to see and enjoy it.\u00a0 \"String<\/a><\/p>\n

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08\/15\/15:\u00a0 Inspired by Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts (http:\/\/crazymomquilts.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/living-up-to-my-blog-name.html), I began gathering scrap fabric strips, cutting equilateral triangles from waste printer paper and stitching string pyramids.\u00a0 The triangle units were stitched on my 1925 Frankenstein treadle (Singer\/National) sewing machine.\u00a0 The units are then hand stitched into rows.\u00a0 I’m hoping the top continues to grow (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1095,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2800,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779\/revisions\/2800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}