mixing 2500 plus 2 1/2" sqs

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08-15-2016, 04:49 AM

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Twisted Quilter

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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan

this is what i do, too, but not in bags, just in open bins.

Yep, this worked for me too (light & dark in separate bins) when I made my postage stamp quilt. I really enjoyed working with 1.5" stamps, 2 1/2" should be a breeze.

Good luck!

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08-15-2016, 10:10 AM

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DeneK

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Originally Posted by thread mess

When I'm doing scraps, I mix everything up in a box as if I was folding batter, making sure that pieces cut in layers get separated. Then I take small handfuls to use as 'piles'. Grab one scrap from your original big group and match it with pile #1, big group- pile #2, etc. when one pile is empty I make a new pile that moves to the back of the pile line. Hope I explained this well enough

This is pretty much what I do too. I just match 2 that are a combo I like. Then when making foursies, set 2 pairs that I like together and sew them. Eventually they all get used up. And blocks that look ugly really do get transformed when they become a part of the whole. I REALLY have to remind myself of that.

08-16-2016, 05:14 AM

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Havplenty

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Hey Twisted. Did you post your finished PSQ? I would love to see it. I haven't been sewing on my PSQ (1.5") but have been sewing my 2.5" charms together as leaders and enders. There is a quilt in these some day.

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Originally Posted by Twisted Quilter

Yep, this worked for me too (light & dark in separate bins) when I made my postage stamp quilt. I really enjoyed working with 1.5" stamps, 2 1/2" should be a breeze.

Good luck!

08-16-2016, 04:49 PM

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Twisted Quilter

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Hi Havplenty. I can't believe it but I finished making my postage stamp top in 2014, and still haven't finished it!

You can see it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t247805.html

If I don't complete it this year, I might have someone finish it for me. It deserves better than to be sitting in an UFO pile.

08-16-2016, 04:55 PM

#25

redquilter

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I'm a big fan of totally scrappy so I can't offer any advice other than what's already been said. However, I have a lot of Christmas fabric and would be happy to send you some if you need/want it. PM me if you want any.

08-20-2016, 08:39 AM

#26

craftymatt2

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Originally Posted by Twisted Quilter

Hi Havplenty. I can't believe it but I finished making my postage stamp top in 2014, and still haven't finished it!

wow, that is gorgeous, thank you for sharing

08-22-2016, 05:28 PM

#27

georgiat

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Please DO NOT put your squares in the dryer!!!!! I read a similar tip before I began a triple irish chain with 1 1/4 finished squares..... I had to then sit and trim ravels off over 3000 little squares before sewing! Not fun!!!! It has taken me 3 years to get this one done because I was so frustrated. I knew if I ever put it away I would not finish this one ever. So I spent a lot of time not sewing at all. They were not I the dryer very long at all either.