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I want to do a postage stamp quilt too. I started out making four patches from leftover squares and I'm undecided whether to incorporate them into the postage stamp quilt because they are each made of two fabrics. I think it might be nice to scatter them throughout.
In thinking about strip piecing, I was wondering if it would work to do a swap with strip piecing. For example, I take 25 (or so) different fabrics in my stash, cut a 1 1/2" strip from each and sew the strips together. I then subcut this into 25 (or so) 1 1/2" strips. Each of these strips would have one each of the twenty five fabrics. I swap 24 of them with other swappers, so everyone ends up with 25 different strips. Would that work? Would anyone be interested? |
I have been cutting 1 and 1/2 " squares for years. I know
what I am going to do with them, but they are definitely not all different,. They are small pieces that are left over from other projects. There might be l or 2 of a pattern and there may be 20...I would have trouble counting 'alikes' even if I wanted to. It is the all-over effect that makes the quilt interesting. I have a lot of different fabrics in my stash...but I'm not sure they measure in the thousands, ha. |
Originally Posted by Mommomjoann
Dublb....you don't know what you are starting!!!! I started mine over two years ago, and still going. I have them in 5"x5" sqs.(25 pieces),stacked in containers. Don't know if I should put shushing around each one or just sew them all together. Each piece has been hand-sewn together. Makes a great on going project to take on trips or waiting time.
Good Luck...and yes, I agree...no one will know if you cut out a different section from the same material....but us!!!! 8-) |
Your fabric, your labor, your quilt, your rules! Gotta love the freedom of that!!
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I purchased a PS quilt years ago --- a lot of duplicates in it!
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Originally Posted by Greenheron
Originally Posted by Mommomjoann
Don't know if I should put shushing around each one
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Just have a great time with it! The P.S. quilts I've seen had so many tiny squares, that no one would ever know where any of them came from.......relax, enjoy!
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if the charm quilt was to get a good man, I don't need anymore luck, I already have a good one. Mine has duplicates.
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No quilt police...do whatever you want! (Well, within reason!)
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And who cares?
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