Just One Charm Pack Quilt Along - Week 1 - Cutting

 

I hope that you are as excited as I am for the official kick off to the Just One Charm Pack Quilt Along?  I hope that this will be a fun and casual quilt along that will last 5 weeks.  At the end of the quilt along, we will put all of the quilt top / quilt pictures together so we can see all of the wonderful versions of the quilts!

The quilt along will focus on Blossom Chains, Star Surround, and Medallion, but if you would like to make another quilt from the book during the quilt along that is awesome too!

I put a tentative schedule for each of the three official patterns along with schedules for two other patterns that I have heard quilters were making.  If you are making another quilt from the book and would like me to put a schedule together for it, just let me know (cheryl@meadow-mist-designs).

If you would like to join in and don't have the book yet, you can get a copy in my pattern shop or on Amazon.

The Quilt Along starts today with the first week used for fabric cutting (for every pattern in the book). 

Be sure to show off your cut fabrics in the Facebook Group and/or on Social Media using #JustOneCharmPackQuilts or #JustOneCharmPackQuiltsBook.

A note for cutting for the Medallion quilt - if you are nervous that your borders using the half square triangles may not come out to the exact measurement in the book, I would suggest not cutting your fabric A yet.  Then you can cut your fabric A to size while making the borders.

Note for cutting for the Blossom Chains quilt - You will be cutting your charm squares in half vertically and horizontally to make 4 squares 2 ½".  Before you cut, measure your charm squares to make sure they are really 5".  I have been finding that many charm packs recently are slightly over 5" so I would suggest trimming to a true 5" before cutting into 4 squares.

Because Blossom Chains uses 2 ½" squares, this is also a perfect pattern for your leftover jelly rolls and smaller scraps.

Bonus Pattern Schedules - Here are schedules for Ninja and Fishies too.  If you would like another quilt schedule added, just let me know.

I look forward to seeing everyone's quilts come together!!