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Her favorite seems to be Rectangle String quilts and this is a beautiful example of one. Love the colors and the length – perfect for a guy quilt!

My time in Maine reminds me how peaceful and even meditative the process of tying a HeartStrings quilt can be. Not every top needs quilting and tied quilts are just a little more cuddly.

Instructions can be found on my MaryQuilts.com website.

You can view more photos from our Maine sew-in at this link.

We took a break this afternoon and did some fabric shopping at Marden’s.

Before and after our shopping trip we continued to finish quilts and tops. Jackie shared several she’d brought to be finished and donated — I loved the centers of these stars.

I continued to tie quilts.

And we continued to assemble block sets into tops. These RWB blocks were wrapped in a pillow case and sent by Sue. It’s now ready for tying.

Tops are being finished left and right AND I’m tying lots of quilts. This top was sent from Sue from blocks sent to her and it’s now tied, bound, and ready to donate.

Here’s one of Ann’s tops – love the double sashing and the piano key border.

And here’s Bev, our host for this annual event!

Jane and Brenda

May from NJ joined us today

A finished top from blocks sent by Louise Cohen

Stay tuned … Lots more to come

We’re busy here in Maine — it’s day one of the sew-in but a few of us got an early start over the weekend.

A block set sent by Sue from group blocks assembled by Brenda is now ready to be tied by Mollie.

Jackie and Rebecca working at our large pressing surface.

And here’s Mary who doesn’t want me to take her photo. (Not to be confused with Mollie/Mary from MN)

We have such great volunteers here at HeartStrings! Peg just sent me a couple photos of a quilt she just finished. She wrote,

My name is Peg Jones and I just finished quilting and binding one of the Heartstrings quilt. I’ve attached a couple photos for you. It was fun to have a quilt to just play on. I’d be happy to do more. A friend has recently started a project to donate quilts to a local women’s/children’s shelter so that is where this quilt will go. We are actually having a sew day next week and will be working on some string quilts.

Didn’t she do a wonderful job?

We’re assembling several tops today and dividing up block sets and tops to be taken home and finished.

A small group of 7 today. Piecing blocks, assembling tops, and binding in Roberts, WI

Are you ready to use your leftover strips and strings in another way? One of my favorites is a Strips and Strings Log Cabin. You can find instructions at the link above and here’s a version pieced by JulieC