Originally Posted by Andrea
I've made several postage stamp quilts with strips cut at 1=1/2" strips sewn into 4-strip blocks. Finished postage stamp blocks are 1". I always thought all postage stamp blocks were finished at 1". If I'm wrong, let me know! Also, my understanding is that a charm quilt is constructed with all blocks identical (any size) and with no repetition of fabrics. If someone knows otherwise, please let me know.
I think the general idea behind postage stamp quilts is simply that they use small square blocks. They can be 1 or 1.5 or 2 inches in size (any larger than that and they stop looking like postage stamps, IMO). And I always thought the charm quilts were called that because they used charm packs (5" precuts). Am I wrong?