I fell in love with String of Beads the first time I saw the traditional block design, and started playing with the simple leaf shape bead with pencil and paper.
The first photos of quilts featuring the design they had been appliqued by cutting out the shapes with a seam allowance, turning the seam allowance to the back and tacking it in place, then hand stitching, including those two pointy ends.
About the time I read the first story in a quilting magazine about a new product which could be ironed onto the back of fabric, then fused onto the ...
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