String quilts : sustainable patchwork projects using fabric scraps
(2024)
By:
Forster, Carolyn
Nonfiction
Book
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PUBLISHED
Tunbridge Wells, UK : Search Press, 2024
©2024
©2024
DESCRIPTION
176 pages : colour Illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781800920828, 1800920822 :, 1800920822, 9781800920828
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Many quilters are rediscovering a range of traditional patchwork and quilting techniques that, at their heart, are based on recycling and reusing materials. A style of patchwork that is true to this ethos, and which has been around for centuries, is string patchwork with its use of sewn fabric strips. Due to the scrap nature of string quilts, they are good for using a wide range and eclectic mix of fabrics that, otherwise, would have gathered dust in the corner of a room