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    Old 08-19-2017, 04:33 AM
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    Love this!!! It's so original!
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    Old 08-19-2017, 05:37 AM
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    Fantastic layout and I can honestly say I have never seen it before. I would never make a postage stamp quilt the regular way but I certainly would consider one that looks like yours.
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    Old 08-20-2017, 03:59 AM
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    What a great idea and it turned out to be a fabulous quilt.
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    Old 08-20-2017, 09:10 AM
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    Love how your quilt turned out.
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    Old 08-20-2017, 02:33 PM
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    I made a postage stamp quilt many,many years ago, long before strip piecing. Cut out individual pieces and sewed them together in rows of 10X10 = 10 inch blocks then put it all together. Really love your layout and all the white background.....
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    Old 08-21-2017, 06:47 AM
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    Thank you for all of the lovely comments. If anyone wants to make this or something similar, I used this tutorial:

    http://www.seamstobeyouandme.com/201...p-piecing-way/

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    I stopped at the "Chain 2" part. It was at that point that I knew I was in trouble. I ended up laying everything out and trying to make it large enough and interesting enough without making more stamps. This was the layout I settled on:

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    Then I just cut pieces of white at 8.5" x 4.5" to fill the centers:

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    Then I added 11.5' x 8.5" white squares in the center and some 2.5" sashing between the rows:

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    Finally I kept adding borders until it was the size I wanted. I refused to buy extra fabric for it, so I just pulled whatever I had that I wanted to use up. All of the white is bleached 44" muslin and the backing is a flat sheet.

    The quilting part is simple serpentine stitches with almost equal spacing from top to bottom:

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    Old 08-23-2017, 01:12 AM
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    Thank you for showing the quilting. It gives others confidence to have a go at the quilting rather than sending all their quilts to a longarmer.
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    Old 08-23-2017, 03:23 AM
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    I like your layout and it's such a good example of out-of-the-box thinking!
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    Old 08-23-2017, 12:57 PM
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    Sometimes a deviation is needed. Great result.
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    Old 08-23-2017, 04:10 PM
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    I'd say that's very creative! Good job.
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