My HD made a postage stamp completely by hand...king size. He cut only one two inch square from each fabric he used and only started making the quilt when he had the amount he needed for the size quilt he wanted to make. That way he felt he would be safe, because he wanted each piece to be different. After he got started though, he changed his mind and decided he wanted triangular designs spaced throughtout his postage stamps...so the triangles were made with the same fabric...they were cut from squares though, so that technically he had a quilt made up of all 1 1/2 inch squares...thus a postage stamp...his own creation.