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. 

Postage Stamp Quilt

At the BAMQ meeting on Saturday, over at the Community Giving table, the ever organized Peggy had handy-dandy irresistible kits put together for making up a small quilt top. Included along with the helpful illustrated instructions are five already completed Postage Stamp blocks, enough fabric to make the big HSTs, and squares for making the partial Postage Stamp blocks seen in the pattern.

I'll be using these as leaders and enders while I do some more piecing on another project.

And over on the free table, I at first resisted, but then gave in and took this FQ from one of the recent Alice in Wonderland fabric lines to add to my "words on fabric" bin. I thought the little illustrations and coloring were super interesting. Yes, I've already added this to my Fabric-IN spreadsheet for the 2025 Fabric Tracker.