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Postage Stamp Quilt

So I finally finished the P.S. I Quilt Postage Stamp quilt along! This quilt was a lot of work in a short amount of time. The quilt is made up of 1125 itty bitty 2″ squares, but thankfully I didn’t have to sew all those individual squares (otherwise I never would have made this quilt!).

Since my print fabrics are of little birds perched on chairs and sofas, I thought it would be neat to incorporate this bird screen-printed on white.

A lot of the other people participating in the quilt along used jelly rolls, which are 2-1/2″ strips the width of the fabric and are pre-cut. I wanted to use Tufted Tweets from Robert Kaufman and designed by Laurie Wisbrun, so I cut the strips myself (my solid colors were cut from yardage as well). The strips are then sewn together in groupings of 5, alternating between prints and solids, and then reversed.

My strips sewn together

After the groupings of strips are sewn, you cut them apart into 2-1/2″ strips. They again get sewn, similar to above, in groups of 5 and alternating between prints and solids.

Sewn block

I’m really happy with how this quilt came out. It was a lot of work, but it’s beautiful and it was worth it. I’m going to quilt and bind this at a later date because the Heather Ross Quilt Along is starting Monday!!

P.S. I’m linking up on Tuesdays for Fabric Tuesday over at Quilt Story! Come and see the other projects!


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20 thoughts on “Postage Stamp Quilt

  1. Wow! Great job! Those corners are fantastic…

  2. Becky says:

    Wow, you finished already. I did a lot of seam ripping yesterday as I started to sew my blocks together incorrectly! Haha! Your’s looks fantastic. Lots of great color. Another quilt a long? AAHH! I can’t keep up with all the fantastic stuff going on right now.

  3. Sofia L says:

    Great job! I love that you didn’t use white as your solid colors. It makes for a much more interesting quilt and adds so much character. Plus it doesn’t give the pattern away and it totally looks like you sewed all those tiny squares.

  4. Greta says:

    Sara-this looks amazing! Where on earth did you find that screen print? I wasn’t sure I liked this line but after seeing it with the solids you used it seems like a great choice with bright colors.

  5. Theresa says:

    Looks great! I’m still finishing up my blocks, but the QAL is helping me move along quickly . . .

  6. Kelly says:

    wow! love this! i love the aqua (teal?) solid that you used, too. great color combo!!

  7. Bree says:

    I LOVE IT!!! Amazing, I love all the bright colors & the bird block is so fun & unexpected. It’ll make people look much closer at all the little blocks.

  8. Looks great. Nice job and great colors.

  9. I’m still trying to catch up on the quilt along. Love the colors you used and the silk screen block.

  10. Elizabeth D. says:

    This looks fantastic, great job! The bird block you added really gives it some extra oomphf 🙂

  11. Kate says:

    Wow, I love it! I have some of this fabric, but wasn’t sure what to do with it. I love the solid fabrics you’ve used with them.

  12. Okay. I L-O-V-E this. the colors are great and it looks wonderful. I am planning to make a Flea Market Fancy mini quilt with 2.5 inch squares (because I have a very small stash of it) but can’t believe that you made a big quilt with such mini squares! great job.

  13. This looks sooooo great. I’m really loving the bird block addition.

  14. amylouwho says:

    Monday? Already?

    This looks so great! It is definitely going on my to do list.

  15. Lee says:

    Wow, this looks great, I just love it! When you said you were using Tufted Tweets for your postage stamp quilt, I had a hard time picturing it. But it turned out amazing.

  16. Quiltstory says:

    So awesome! I love love it! Thanks for linking up to Quiltstory!

  17. Liz says:

    ADORE I have been eyeing that fabric for awhile and even purchased a bit of it and was hesitant about what it would look like when sewn up together.

  18. Firstly love Tufted Tweets. Secondly, I love how you used it in this quilt and thirdly your blog header is stunning!!!

  19. Ann says:

    This quilt is totally awesome and beautiful!
    Thank you for sharing it 🙂
    I saw it at Lily’s Quilt, now I want to explore your blog a little further!

  20. Rachel says:

    Gorgeous! I love the smattering of the rich purple, and the bird panel just tops it off.

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