Charm square patchwork
Uses 42 of 42every one
Your fabric makes 100% of the patchwork · 42 blocks, 6 across × 7 down
- Binding½ yd
- Border⅝ yd
- Backing1½ yd
What can I make?
What quilt can I make with a charm pack?
Tell us what you have. We size every pattern to your fabric, cutting each piece from your bundle on paper first, and tell you exactly what else to buy.
Popular: 10 fat quarters · 20 fat quarters · a charm pack · two charm packs · a layer cake · a jelly roll · 12 fat eighths
8 quilts you can make with 42 charm squares
Sized so every print piece comes from your fabric. Background, borders, binding and backing are listed to buy. Best matches first: the ones where your fabric is most of the quilt.
Pinwheel baby quilt
Uses 40 of 422 left
Your fabric makes 50% of the patchwork · 20 blocks, 4 across × 5 down
- Background⅞ yd
- Binding½ yd
- Border⅝ yd
- Backing2¾ yd
Easy nine-patch
Uses 38 of 424 left
Your fabric makes 56% of the patchwork · 30 blocks, 5 across × 6 down
- Background¾ yd
- Border and binding¾ yd
- Backing1½ yd
Snowball and nine-patch
Uses 41 of 421 left
Your fabric makes 45% of the patchwork · 9 blocks, 3 across × 3 down
- Background⅝ yd
- Border and binding1 yd
- Backing2⅝ yd
Chevron zigzag
Uses 40 of 422 left
Your fabric makes 39% of the patchwork · 80 blocks, 8 across × 10 down
- Background1¼ yd
- Binding½ yd
- Backing2¾ yd
Sawtooth star baby quilt
Uses 30 of 4212 left
Your fabric makes 30% of the patchwork · 12 blocks, 3 across × 4 down
- Background¾ yd
- Border and binding1 yd
- Backing1½ yd
Irish chain lap quilt
Uses 42 of 42every one
Your fabric makes 23% of the patchwork · 30 blocks, 5 across × 6 down
- Background2⅛ yd
- Border and binding1⅜ yd
- Backing3⅝ yd
Ohio star throw
Uses 36 of 426 left
Your fabric makes 29% of the patchwork · 12 blocks, 3 across × 4 down
- Background1¼ yd
- Cornerstones and border and binding1⅛ yd
- Backing2¾ yd
7 patterns don't suit 42 charm squares
- Modern plus quilt: Some pieces (2½ × 6½") are bigger than a charm square.
- Scrappy bow ties: Not enough fabric for even a baby-size version.
- Friendship stars: Not enough fabric for even a baby-size version.
- Churn dash throw: Not enough fabric for even a baby-size version.
- Dutchman's puzzle throw: Some pieces (5¼ × 5¼") are bigger than a charm square.
- Log cabin barn raising: Some pieces (1½ × 7½") are bigger than a charm square.
- Bear's paw lap quilt: Not enough fabric for even a baby-size version.
How we work it out
- Your bundle becomes the prints. Every print piece in the blocks can come from any piece of your bundle, the way a scrappy quilt is made.
- We cut it on paper. Each fat quarter, charm or strip is cut the way you would at the table: strips, then pieces, packed so nothing usable is wasted.
- We grow the quilt one row of blocks at a time until your bundle runs out, and keep the biggest size it covers completely.
- The rest is a shopping list: background, borders, binding and backing, to the ⅛ yard.
Fat quarters are planned as 18 × 21", fat eighths 9 × 21", charm squares 5", layer cake squares 10" and jelly roll strips 2½ × 42". Want the background from your stash too? Add how many yards you have.
Your whole stash, not just one bundle
In the Quiltkind studio you add every fabric you own, with a photo, and plan any quilt from all of it at once.