This String Quilt Took Muscles!

I just finished my string quilt the other day, and wow!  It is the heaviest quilt I have ever made.  Rather than paper piecing, I sewed the strings to Kona White, thinking that would make it be nice and heavy.  Boy, was I right!  This thing is a monster!  It took some real arm strength to get it quilted.  I love heavy quilts, but next time, I'll probably sew to something more lightweight.

My stack of blocks-

All sewn to Kona White  (my blocks are 9 inches finished)-

Finished!  It is 81 x 90 inches finished- whew!  One of the biggest I've ever made!  I used a yellow and gray polka-dot on the backing.  It was tough to choose a backing that didn't scream "baby quilt!"

I have always loved string quilts, but since I usually choose more large scale, modern prints, I always feel like I shouldn't cut them into little bitty strings.  So, I thought that my stack of 1930's reproduction fabrics would be perfect!  I love how it turned out.  I had hoped to get a picture of the quilt outside in the sunshine, but it has been raining here for two days, so I guess that's just the way it goes. 

(**updated- finally got some good pictures outside in the sunshine, so I changed the pictures just in time for the String Fever Festival of Strings at Stitched in Color) 

I'm linking this to Finish it Up Friday at www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com

and linking to String Fever at Stitched in Color at the end of May!