Free Pattern: Charmed, I’m Sure

Make this quilt entirely from precuts, or mix and match charms with yardage.

Charmed, I’m Sure

48″ x 48″

Fabric Requirements

Sort multiple charm packs by color and value to achieve a coordinated scrappy look.

Off-White: 20 charms or 3/4 yard
*Light Cream: 32 charms or 2/3 yard
*Cream: 32 charms or 2/3 yard
Butter Cream: 20 charms or 3/4 yard
Teal: 20 charms or 3/4 yard
Light Teal: 20 charms or 3/4 yard
Binding: 1/2 yard

*Strip Piecing Block B

To strip piece Block B, cut the following:
From the cream and light cream fabrics, cut (8) 2 1/2″ strips x width of each fabric.
Sew a strip of each color together with the right sides facing each other.
Subcut into 4 1/2″ sections. Follow block assembly instructions below.

Block Assembly

Half Square Triangles

Mark the back of the Butter Cream charms in half from corner to corner diagonally. Lay a butter cream charm with a teal charm, right sides together. Sew a 1/4″ on each side of the marked line. Cut apart on the marked line.

Trim to 4 1/2″ square. Make 40.

Four Patch Units

Cut the off-white charms into 2 1/2″ squares.
Cut the light teal charms into 2 1/2″ squares.
Sew an off-white 2 1/2″ square to a light teal 2 1/2″ square. Sew two of these units together alternating the colors to make a Four Patch unit.

Unit measure 4 1/2″ square. Make 40.

Block A

Block A measures 8 1/2″ square. Make 20.

Rail Units

Lay a cream charm on a light cream charm, right sides together. Sew down two opposite sides of the charm. Cut apart in the center of the charm to make two Rail units.

Trim units to measure 4 1/2″ square. Make 64.

Block B

Sew four Rail units together as shown below.

Block B measures 8 1/2″ square. Make 16.

Quilt Assembly

Lay the blocks out in rows as shown below. Sew the blocks into rows.
Sew the rows together to complete the quilt top.

Layer the quilt top with batting and backing. Quilt as desired and bind.

If you wish to make the quilt larger, continue to the block layout pattern in additional rows, working from the center.
Example: 80″ x 80″

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