charm circles - me and my sister · 72, 2½ x 2½ - inch squares • cut 8, 2 x 40 - inch strips...
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Fabric Requirements
1, Charm Pack or 36, 5 x 5 - inch print squares for blocks1 yard white for blocks and borders1⁄3 yard of fabric for binding 1 yard of fabric for backing
Yardage is based on 42 - inch wide fabric.
Cutting Instructions
Blocks From each charm square:• Cut 2, 2½ x 2½ - inch squares 2, 1½ x 1½ - inch squares 1, 1 x 5 - inch rectangle
* Keep 2½ - inch and 1½ - inch squares from the same charm square together for blocks. Set aside the 1 x 5 - inch rectangles for border.
From white for blocks and border:• Cut 5, 2½ x 40 - inch strips From these strips cut 72, 2½ x 2½ - inch squares• Cut 8, 2 x 40 - inch strips From these strips cut 2, 2 x 24½ - inch rectangles 2, 2 x 27½ - inch rectangles 2, 2 x 28½ - inch rectangles 2, 2 x 31½ - inch rectangles
Charm Circles 311⁄2 x 311⁄2 inches
2½ x 2½ inches
2½ x 2½ inches
1 x
5 in
ches
1½ x 1½ inches
1½ x 1½ inches
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Binding
From fabric for binding:• Cut 4, 2¼ x 40 - inch strips
Blocks
Use 1⁄4 - inch seam allowance throughout, a small stitch length, and press seams open.
• Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each 1½ x 1½ - inch print square.• With right sides facing, place a 1½ x 1½ - inch print
square on the corner of a 2½ x 2½ - inch white square as shown. Stitch on marked line. Trim seam allowance
to ¼ - inch. Flip and press.
Make 72 stitch & flip squares.
• Arrange and sew 2, 2½ x 2½ - inch matching squares and 2, 2½ x 2½ - inch matching stitch & flip squares into a block as shown. Make36.
Blocks measure 4½ x 4½ - inches.
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Quilt Assembly
• Referring to the Quilt Diagram, arrange blocks into 6 rows of 6 blocks each. Quilt Center measures 24½ x 24½ - inches
Borders
• Sew a 2 x 24½ - inch white border rectangle to each side of the quilt center.• Sew a 2 x 27½ - inch white border rectangle to the top and bottom of the quilt.
• Sew 36, 1 x 5 - inch border rectangles end to end. Cut 2, 1 x 27½ - inch rectangles and attach each side of the quilt. Cut 2, 1 x 28½ - inch segments and attach to the top and bottom of the quilt.
• Sew a 2 x 28½ - inch white border rectangle to each side of the quilt.• Sew a 2 x 31½ - inch white border rectangle to the top and bottom of the quilt. Quilt measures 31½ x 31½ - inches.
Finishing
• Layer, baste, hand or machine quilt, trim and add binding.
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Quilt Diagram