Postage Parts

 As I was talking about yesterday, I picked up this quilt top kit at the BAMQ meeting from the Community Giving table. I was saying that my plan was I'd be using these units and blocks as leaders and enders for another project. Well, that didn't happen. I just did it all on its own. I think I was just too interested in seeing how it got put together. First up, I had to look up the directions for 8-at-a-time HSTs. Just checking that I had it right before cutting up any fabric.

The 8 at a time method really works for me, as long as I remember to do a scant 1/4" seam.

The HSTs turned out surprisingly accurately, but I'm still glad that I trimmed them to size.

One of the included squares for the Postage Stamp blocks was cut a little too close to the selvedge and had a white strip showing. So I used a fabric marker to add some color. Otherwise it was going to look like the white square was too big and a rectangle instead. It would have thrown off the pieced pattern.

This is a good example of the power of HSTs in a quilt pattern. Now all the pieces are constructed so it's time to sew it together the rest of the way into a quilt top.