Murphy1

Im collecting 2 inch blocks, will have to save this, thanks for sharing.

Twisted Quilter

Looks like I'll be nesting. Thanks all!

DogHouseMom

Wondering ... if I wanted to make a usable quilt (so don't want interfacing) ... could I use freezer paper then pull it off the back after sewing??

Hmmm ... may have to give that a try.

teacherbailey

I just finished the first 1/4 of my postage stamp sized (1" finished squares) Trip Around the World. I strip pieced it and it's turning out great. I didn't worry about how I ironed, I just ironed a lot and it's all fine. 40 fabrics, 80 rows in the whole quilt for a total of 6400 pieces in the finished quilt (hopefully sometime this spring!) 1600 pieces in this quarter, which is a Christmas gift.....

sherryl1

Just do what works best for you.Or do you N E E D a rule to work by.

Barb_MO

have to try this. I would like to do a miniature trip around the world.

DDuMouchel

I've been working on a Postage Stamp quilt using 1" finished squares. Mine is a checkerboard pattern with every other square being white (Kona Snow) so I did blocks of 10 squares by 10 with seams pressed toward the colored squares. I have found I get beautiful results by pressing each row after it's added. This is easy for me to do as I have a little pressing station set up next to my sewing machine so all I have to do is swivel my chair. Sewing station is a wooden TV tray with batting and a cover over it. I also like to have an extra piece of disposable fabric over the cover as I sometimes use starch or Clear Press and over time the area where I iron the most will discolor and become brittle. When it's discolored I just rotate the cloth or if there's no clear space left, toss it.

I had to smile reading the description of "small pieces" and realizing they are talking about 2" squares. After you've worked with 1.5 inch squares for a while even a 2" square looks big ...

JanieH

This is fabulous! I have some fabric from my mother's clothes she wore in her last years and have wanted to make mini-quilts for my siblings. This will be a fantastic method! Thank you for sharing the link!

IowaStitcher

I made such a quilt as a millenium quilt with 2000 squares. I used the gridded Pellon (?) interfacing and sewed according to the directions. It worked great and saved me much frustration, offering accurate sewing and little problem matching seams.

ccthomas

Thanks for sharing the PS tutorial.