Comments on: Postage Stamp Quilt

By: Cassy

Cassy — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:02:06 +0000

Did anyone attempt this over the holiday? I had the wonderful plan of putting something like this together for my sister, but quickly learned that I’m not nearly as skilled as I imagined!

By: Ann Marie

Ann Marie — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:23:12 +0000

I hope to see some photos of some work in progress soon, I am getting ready to start one of these myself to clear out all the little scraps I have.

By: Mishka

Mishka — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:10:48 +0000

Hi Mary,

Yes, I am sewing mine in blocks too. 8×8 which works out to 12.5″ blocks. I can then Best Press them and square them up before attaching to others.

Cheers,
Michele

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:46:27 +0000

I have made a few queen size postage stamp quilts with Two Inch squares, may attempt a ONE inch square one yet. DEFINATELY sew them in blocks, not rows! The neat thing is your corners do not have to match up perfectly, as the quilt is so ‘busy’ no one will notice!

Good luck on my blog drawing for two inch squares!
-Mary, The Curious Quilter
http://thecuriousquilter.wordpress.com

By: Mishka

Mishka — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:49:21 +0000

Hi Teresa,

That would be a great gift for your dad. If you search google (or even Flickr), you can find several layouts for postage stamp quilts. I’m not planning any design or sashing in mine, but I might change my mind.

Cheers,
Michele

By: Teresa/MarieSews

Teresa/MarieSews — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:46:22 +0000

I had not heard of a postage stamp quilt before. What a great way to use scraps! AND my Dad was a letter carrier for many years AND a stamp collector. He is 93 and will be 94 this November. You have just solved my problem of what to get/make him for his birthday – a postage stamp quilt. THANK YOU.

I will be happy to send you some 2″ squares. I will go through my scraps this weekend and see what I can come up with to send to you and to start my own collection. I have till November 5th to get this done – should be doable, maybe, I think. May have to shift some other things down the to-do list.

By: Phaedra

Phaedra — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:10:45 +0000

If I knew where to send them; I have a bazillion fabrics that I have been doing primitive applique baby quilts. I could cut some 2″ pieces and zip them along to you if you would like.

By: Mishka

Mishka — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:46:02 +0000

I ordered some fork pins, hopefully they’ll arrive soon. Someone else emailed me, and she did hers with 4,000 pieces. She did hers in blocks as opposed to strips. It was easier to handle that way I guess.

By: threeundertwo

threeundertwo — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:38:20 +0000

They look so pretty in that box! I have such an overflowing bin of scraps that I really need to cut them up. I've been meaning to do a starters/enders project too. I like your 4 of a kind rule. For piecing - have you tried fork pins? Peggi's comment reminded me that they're great for matching together perfect seams. I learned about them from another blogger. I got some from Connecting Threads. .-= threeundertwo’s latest post: The Hoarder in My House =-.

By: Peggi

Peggi — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:35:31 +0000

You’re very brave. :-)

For a while, I was addicted to buying 2″ squares off eBay. Now I’m using them in small quilts to donate to an animal shelter. Somehow I’m just not accurate enough to make anything larger with them. :-(