let's see how fast this is made

So: I've joined in with the ps. I quilt January quilt-along, for which we're making a postage stamp quilt.

The reason it's called a postage stamp quilt is because it's made up of tiny little 2"x2" squares. LOTS OF THEM.

Traditionally, one makes a postage stamp quilt out of scraps. And probably sews all the squares together individually. Did I mention that there are LOTS OF THEM?

Luckily, the quilt-along isn't going to be sewing individual squares together - we're going to strip-piece it!

( Strip piecing )

I'm thinking of auctioning off the finished quilt for the Queensland floods. I mean, it'll be a month or two before it's actually finished, but still...

Also, presently putting together the red, white & blue rail fence. Pics to go up tomorrow.

curious question

Slightly random question, with possibly icky reminiscence.

How big are your cockroaches? What's the biggest one of those babies you've ever seen?

I just squished one in the shower and from the look of him, he clocks in at at least 3.5cm, heading for 4cm (about an inch and a half). Average sized as my experience with them goes.

Not sure what he was doing behind the shower curtain. Then again, I was having a wash, so...voyeur cockroaches? Ugh. Now that's the stuff of nightmares...