4790 1-1/2" squares and counting!!!!
 

My husband and I just got done counting all of my 1.5" squares. We counted 4970 and that does not include the ones I have already sewn into 4 patches. I think Im crazy. But, I still need more. I want to make a quilt for each of my boys with them. Yes... I must be crazy.... lol

Judy

Wow! Just curious, how many four patches to make a quilt?

I have no idea. Im just going to keep sewing 4 patches then start sewing them together. Will probably take me YEARS!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, have fun sewing and make the quilts

It would take 4900 squares to make a 70" x 70" quilt. Yep, you need more squares. :thumbup:

That is a lot of squares...but will be wonderful when they are done. :)

Great way to use up scraps.. You can do it !!!! You can do it !!!! lol..

Are you trying to use all different fabrics, are do you have some repeats in there? Just wondering. I'm trying to copy a quilt my great grandmother made, which is too fragile to restore. She made a 16 patch block -- two color -- out of every quilt she ever made, starting with her wedding dress & Maid of Honor dress in 1880, all the way through 1959. There are a lot of patches -- 1 1/2 inch -- but still the quilt is only about a double sized quilt! Wow! I wonder how many years this is going to take me. So, do you repeat fabrics? You must, right? I'm in awe of what you're doing. I only intend to make one quilt, and you're making one for each of your children. Wow again!

Happy Quilting!

I started one about 5 years ago ... and still working on it. You are inspiring me to get it out and work on it. Happy Stitching ... and Congratulations on counting them ...

Yes, postage stamp quilts take a LONG time. I began one for my grandmother's 80th birthday in 2010, not realizing how long it would take to make one. It is now two years later, she is almost 82 and I'm not even 1/4 of the way done with that quilt. The squares for her quilt is 1.25 inches. And I'm working on a postage stamp quilt for each of my boys using 2 inch squares, but with theirs I'm using specific fabrics. My youngest son's is being made from various camo and my oldest son's is being made from greens as that is what they each requested.

When designing the baby quilt I'm doing for my SIL, I reverted back to the 1.25 squares for the Irish Chain quilt I'm making. My blocks will end up being 9 inches, but I have to cut a LOT of 1.25 squares. To be precise, I have to have:
152 lavendar/lilac
152 pink
152 blue
150 denim (for the center squares)
152 multi color prints (in the colors above)
602 white
And then I also have to cut 3.5 inch white squares and I have to make 122 of those.

I still have quite a bit of fabric in my stash and could share some 1.5 inch squares or strips with you as long as you don't want any lilac/lavendar fabric because I'm out of that one. Are there specific colors or fabrics that you desire? PM me and let me know if you'd like some fabrics, and if so give me your addy.