This weekend flew by – and none of it was spent in the studio, as I’d hoped. But… the weekend before last, while I put together the dino quilt top… I also finished up something else…

All of my postage stamps were finally sewn into 16 patches! It was time to lay them all out and see just how many I had.

Much to my surprise, I had enough to cover the entire top of my Queen-sized bed. Of course, once you sew them all together, you lose much of that size to seams. And since this one is for me (and will ideally be going on a guest bed one day) I want it at least as big as my Jubilee quilt (which it’s sitting on top of)

So… I did a little counting, and I did a little math (which I’ve now realized was wrong)

I currently have 119 16-patches. To make the quilt 91″ square, I need 225. That’s 106 more 16-patches. Of course, I don’t have to make it quite that big, and 85″ square would be acceptable too. That would requite only 77 more 16-patches. Either way, it’s a good thing Mom brought me more 2″ scraps. This Leader/Ender project has been going for two years now… and I can easily see it going another full year!