sick of cutting and sewing 2" squares, what was I thinking
08-15-2011, 03:38 AM
#92
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That's why I prefer to cut 2 1/2" strips, rather than squares! 6300 sqs is a whole lot of seam matching. Guess I'm just lazy. Good luck with your project. Maybe a pillow would be easier?
Originally Posted by intoquilting
I let a friend talk me into doing a postage stamp quilt using 2" squares. I don't think I will live long enough to finish it. LOL but I need to because I am determined to finish before she does. I am really tired of cutting 2" squares and trying to sew them together without having any 2 of the same fabric. What was I thinking??????? I am putting 16 of them together into a block. Will I ever finish? It remains to be seen.
08-15-2011, 08:25 AM
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Are you trying to do a charm quilt?
I have been collecting 2 inch squares and strips since I started quilting in the early 90s. All taken from cutting down scraps. I decided on a pattern and then use it as a leader/ender project. I'm sure there are THOUSANDS of little 2 inch squares. As a leader/ender project, I get 50-100 squares sewn together per project. Now and then, I sew them together into the blocks until done. Then go back to leader/ender. After 2 years, the quilt is about half done. I had a big slow down on projects in the last year do to issues, but still, that's quite a bit done. I'm running low on the precut dark 2 inch squares, so gotta get cutting those strips again.
Give yourself a break. If you are not enjoying the process, you'll never finish the quilt and it will just become another UFO. Maybe work on it once a week. Establish postage stamp day to work on it and work other projects the rest of the week.
All that said, I am also working on a postage stamp quilt with 1.5 inch squares, just to prove to myself I can do it. While a lot of it will be from strips, I have thousands of already cut 1.5 inch squares, again, from cutting up scraps. Also a leader/ender project. I'm doing a fake log cabin like Bonnie Hunter's Pokieman (sp?) Dreams, but as a lap quilt.
I have been collecting 2 inch squares and strips since I started quilting in the early 90s. All taken from cutting down scraps. I decided on a pattern and then use it as a leader/ender project. I'm sure there are THOUSANDS of little 2 inch squares. As a leader/ender project, I get 50-100 squares sewn together per project. Now and then, I sew them together into the blocks until done. Then go back to leader/ender. After 2 years, the quilt is about half done. I had a big slow down on projects in the last year do to issues, but still, that's quite a bit done. I'm running low on the precut dark 2 inch squares, so gotta get cutting those strips again.
Give yourself a break. If you are not enjoying the process, you'll never finish the quilt and it will just become another UFO. Maybe work on it once a week. Establish postage stamp day to work on it and work other projects the rest of the week.
All that said, I am also working on a postage stamp quilt with 1.5 inch squares, just to prove to myself I can do it. While a lot of it will be from strips, I have thousands of already cut 1.5 inch squares, again, from cutting up scraps. Also a leader/ender project. I'm doing a fake log cabin like Bonnie Hunter's Pokieman (sp?) Dreams, but as a lap quilt.
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