We spent some time at our camp last weekend, and during an afternoon thunderstorm I pulled out some denim strips I had started stitching for a utility quilt.
The plan was to make a Rail Fence quilt using fabric from cut-up jeans.
I'm pretty sure the project has been untouched since last August!
Even though I enjoyed the mindless sewing therapy, I was pretty bored with the lack of fabric variation. I decided it was time to bring a new string-piecing project to the camp to alternate with stitching up the denim Rail Fence blocks.
After making the flamingo hexagon quilt (Flamboyant Flamingos), I had plenty of pink and green fabric scraps. 
A lot of the fabric was in pretty hole-y condition, thanks to fussy-cutting. I thought a pink and green string quilt might be a good way to use up the leftovers.
My first thought was to make quarter Log Cabin blocks. I wasn't crazy about the light pink centers, but the dark pink centers had some pizzaz!
I wasn't sure my scrap supply had the right variety of fabrics for successful Log Cabin blocks though. Maybe I needed to do something more random.
Maybe some string-y diamonds will do the trick?
I still haven't decided for sure, but I've got a bunch of paper diamonds cut, and a box full of pink and green strings. I’m looking forward to stitching up some pink and green along with the denim!
