My postage stamp quilt
#102
Originally Posted by plainjane
Originally Posted by kclausing
wow. how long did that take?
I really love your method and the short time it took you to do a 60x70" 4200-square astonishing masterpiece with that contrasting border that makes your work such an exceptionally distinctive one.
Thanks so much for sharing your love of postage stamps. I hope the other people who post here will also share their work.
Here's the scrappy one I made 3 or 4 years ago for a friend's grandson who just had a baby brother who got a similar smaller one. It's called the "Big Brother" Quilt. It took 3 months due to my willy-nilly approach to a charm postage stamp work:
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Detail of contemporary fabrics in postage stamp work 1.25 inch finished
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#103
Excuse my erasure of the Big Brother Postage Stamp quilt. This is my first day posting here, and things work a little differently than other posting places I've visited. :oops:
The Big Brother Quilt
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#104
Originally Posted by beautress
Excuse my erasure of the Big Brother Postage Stamp quilt. This is my first day posting here, and things work a little differently than other posting places I've visited. :oops:
#107
Originally Posted by Nanamoms
Oh, goodness, I think I would lose my mind, trying to keep up with what went where!! Your quilt is beautiful though!
The reason I liked the slightly larger size is because you "get it" about the fabric statement on a larger square. However, no other size trumps the 1" finished square like PlainJane's beautiful master work in her avatar and in this thread.
After doing several one-patch projects--a quilt long ago, a triple scrap Irish chain, etc., I learned it was easier to place fabrics using only 1 rule--alternate values as best you can and roll the dice on the complete color wheel. I'd work in 4 patch from twosie strips, which I reserved for future quilts back when I started this. Eventually, I'd go through the twosies strips and cut a dozen 1.75x3" pieces, putting one of each of the thousand pairs I'd sewn into 12 separate 2-gallon zip-locking bags you can get at most groceries and chain stores. Someday, I'll get back to those bags--I filled 3 sets in all--and make quilts more quickly.
Again, if you alter light and dark, they automatically "fit in" and it avoids the problem of areas that look like fadeout where the dice roll of placement placed a lot of lights all together. I learned never to sew another pair of light twosie strips together because they looked pleasant!
Oops! DH just brought home me a little dollar burger, and though not hungry, he needs a companion for supper, so I have to leave mid-thought.
Love to all. Let me quickly say that if you ever do a postage stamp quilt, you could get totally hooked on this time-eating joy of a thing to do.
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