Red Pepper Quilts: Red White and Blue Postage Stamp Quilt

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Red White and Blue Postage Stamp Quilt - A Finished Quilt

QUILT STATS

Red + White + Blue Postage Stamp Quilt

The finished quilt measures 54 inches x 54 inches.

A selection of almost 180+ different quilting cottons make up this quilt.

This quilt was strip pieced - see Postage Stamp Quilt Tutorial

I made 81 16-patch blocks ~ a total of 1296 patches of fabric.

Each finished square measures 1.5" x 1.5".

Solid white background fabric is Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton in White.
Low loft Warm and White cotton batting by The Warm Company.

Red, white, and blue! You cannot go wrong with such a classic color palette, especially when you combine that color palette with traditional patchwork design. I love everything about this quilt and as always have loved the process of choosing fabrics, simple piecing, and then quilting and binding.

Red White Blue Postage Stamp Quilt - Binding | Red Pepper Quilts 2016

To keep things simple and allow the fabrics to shine I have quilted this quilt by ditch-stitching all seam lines, creating an all over 1.5" grid of intersecting lines. This gives the quilt a subtle texture and a lovely soft hand. For the back of the quilt I have used a single floral fabric in a soft grey: Daisy Vine in Pewter by Pam Kitty Morning from the Fog City Kitty Collection.

Red White Blue Postage Stamp Quilt - Backing and binding | Red Pepper Quilts 2016

For the binding I have once again used a black/white stripe fabric by Timeless Treasures. I auditioned several other stripe fabrics for binding - including a blue/white and red/white stripe fabric - but came back to my trusty black/white stripe fabric. Whilst I am calling this my red, white, and blue quilt there are also quite a few black fabric accents in the quilt and as such the black/white stripe fabric for binding was the natural choice and the perfect fit. (AND because I am often asked ~ Timeless Treasures black/white stripe fabric is currently available from Fabric Bubb).

This quilt was sold prior to listing in my Etsy Store and prior to publishing this blog post. The quilt is currently making it's way across the Pacific Ocean to it's new home.

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