More than once I've been chastened that what I was making was
not a postage stamp quilt - that the squares for that
had to be 1" finished. So even though I've seen plenty of stamps larger than 1" square, I figured I better play it safe and name mine after the 2" squares they are . . . thus the 2¢ Stamp quilt. {In all honestly, thanks go to
Rozina on Instagram for that clever name. I like it.}
Originally I had intended to make the quilt top completely out of 2 1/2" squares, as I had gathered plenty - about 1200.
I started out by fusing my squares onto very lightweight interfacing, a la
the tutorial from
feeling crafty, making 4x6 square 'blocks'.
No offense. I think it's an ingenious technique and has its place, but it was the pressing interfaced seams open that got me, and after a while, I decided to quit forcing myself and finish the quilt up baby-size (48" square).
Luckily, I had just ordered some interweave chambray from
imagine gnats and the "buttercup" suited both the scrappy palette and the texture of the blocks. I quilted in a grid on one side of each square, continuing into those borders, with an
Aurifil 50wt #2130 (medium butter - I think there's a theme here!) that was subtle but sweet. Binding is a stash find by
Sandy Gervais, which reminded me of the good ole days when
every binding was a stripe.
So I tried something new, and at the very least have another finish from my
Q2 Finish-A-Long list, and a pretty little quilt to stash away. Fair enough.
Linking up with Fabric Tuesday.
