Annies - Just Charm Quilts

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Everywhere you look in quilt shops and online you see wonderful morsels of 5" squares of fabric called charms. They may have other names as well, but all charm packs contain 5" precut squares of coordinating fabrics. If you really dig into the creative possibilities of these bundles you will be amazed. Theyre both fun and easy to work with if you have the patterns to support their use.

Just Charm Quilts is a collection of fun but easy patterns with great style all made with 5" charms. There are projects using several packages or as few as one package, and some you can make using leftovers from previous projects. Each pattern was designed specifically to use 5" squares to create stylish quilted projects. Youll find everything from bed quilts to hot pads, and ideas for so much more. If youre looking for charm inspiration, youve found it!

Enjoy!

General Information

Design by Bev Getschel Quilted by Lynette Gelling

Confident Beginner

Quilt Size: 67" x 83"

Block Size: 9" x 9"

Number of Blocks: 32

Read all instructions before beginning this project.

Stitch right sides together using a " seam allowance unless otherwise specified.

Materials and cutting lists assume 41" of usable fabric width for yardage.

From each pair, cut 4 (2" x 5") A rectangles.

Cut 30 (2") C squares.

Cut 8 (2 by fabric width) binding strips.

Cut 2 (16" by fabric width) strips.

Subcut strips into 4 (16") M squares and 2 (7") N squares. Cut each M square on both diagonals to make 16 M triangles; discard 2. Cut each N square in half on 1 diagonal to make 4 N triangles.

Cut 2 (9" by fabric width) strips.

Subcut strips into 26 (2" x 9") I rectangles.

Cut 10 (5" by fabric width) strips.

Subcut strips into 128 (3" x 5") B rectangles.

Cut 2 (2" by fabric width) strips.

Subcut strips into 30 (2") D squares.

Cut 4 (2" by fabric width) strips.

Subcut strips into 2 each (2" x 32") E strips and (2" x 28") G strips.

Cut 5 (4" by fabric width) strips.

Subcut 2 strips into 2 (4" x 40") H strips. Set aside 3 remaining strips for F.

Cut 5 (2" by fabric width) J/K/L strips.

To make one block, select four matching A rectangles and four B rectangles.

Sew one each A and B rectangle together to make an A-B unit as shown in Figure 1; press. Repeat to make a total of four A-B units; press.

Referring to Figure 2, arrange and sew A-B units into two rows; press. Sew rows together to complete one Charm block; press.

Repeat steps 13 to make a total of 32 Charm blocks.

Refer to the Assembly Diagram for positioning of blocks, strips and borders.

Sew J/K/L strips together on the short ends to make one long strip; press. Subcut strip into two each 2" x 31" J strips and 2" x 53" K strips, and one 2" x 64" L strip.

Arrange and alternately stitch six Charm blocks and five I rectangles into a row; press. Repeat to make a second row.

Sew L strip between the two rows to complete a sashed two-row section; press.

Arrange and sew one each Charm block, I rectangle and M and N triangle together to form a corner unit; press. Repeat to make a second corner unit.

Sew a corner unit to each end of sashed two-row section to complete the center strip; press.

Arrange and alternately stitch five Charm blocks and four I rectangles into a five-block row; press. Repeat to make a second five-block row.

Sew a K strip to one long side of each five-block row; press. Sew an M triangle to each end of pieced rows to complete two K rows; press.

Arrange and alternately stitch three Charm blocks and two I rectangles into a three-block row; press. Repeat to make a second three-block row.

Sew a J strip to one long side of each three-block row; press. Sew an M triangle to each end of pieced rows to make two J rows; press.

Sew an I rectangle and N triangle to opposite sides of a Charm block; press. Sew M triangles to remaining sides to make a corner unit; press. Repeat to make a second corner unit.

Sew corner units, J and K rows and center strip together to complete the quilt center; press.

Alternately stitch seven each C and D squares as shown in Figure 3 to make a short border row. Repeat to make a second short border row.

Again referring to Figure 3, alternately sew eight each C and D squares to make a long border row. Repeat to make a second long border row.

Sew F strips together on the short ends to make one long strip; press. Subcut strip into two 4" x 43" F strips.

Sew an E strip to one long side of a long border row as shown in Figure 4; press. Sew an F strip to left end to make a side border unit; press. Repeat to make a second side border unit.

Sew a G strip to one long side of a short border row as shown in Figure 5; press. Sew an H strip to right end to make the top border unit; press. Repeat to make the bottom border unit.

Stitch side border units to opposite sides of pieced center; press. Stitch top and bottom border units in place to complete the quilt top; press.