Postage Stamp Quilt

Postage Stamp Quilts are many and varied - with variation in layout and size of each square - and so is the way to approach making a Postage Stamp Quilt.

Postage stamp quilt. The maker subtly created a border by consistently using green and white for the outer two rows. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about postage stamp quilt. The most popular color.

See this post for details about the piecing process. Small squares grouped together give a postage stamp quilt a modern flair. Shes also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley.

July 4 2018 18 Comments. What is a postage stamp quilt. Postage stamp quilts are one of our favorite beginner friendly quilt projects that use a wide variety of scraps.

The most common postage stamp quilt material is cotton. Some might say the pattern is actually Field of Diamonds or Jewel Box The top of this quilt definitely appears to be vintage possibly the 1950s period but we think its possible the backing batting and binding were added at a later date. Half of them are a variety of batiks and the other half are a mixture of grey.

Ive been working hard to finish projects lately. We are calling it a Postage Stamp because the tiny squares are one-inch in size. This block uses all fabrics.

I have chosen to make my Postage Stamp Quilt from fabric scraps and by sewing 16-patch strip pieced blocks with a random layout. Made in the late 1880s. At this time in quilting the seam allowance was smaller than the standard quarter inch seam that we use today.