What do you do with your charm packs?
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What do you do with your charm packs?
I have a few charm packs, I buy them when I love a whole line, but can only afford the charm pack. I can never seem to break them open! They're not enough to use in a whole quilt, and to put them into a scrap quilt seems wasteful, cuz I have plenty of regular scraps. Plus they're so darn cute all piled up in my cabinet! What to do??!??! What do you do?
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Look thru your packs and see if you can find a couple that 'play well' together for a larger quilt.
I like shadow quilts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSZ...VFDHmDXqCIzuAw
you can make the shadows larger or smaller to adjust the size of the quilt. You just need 2 additional fabrics, the same color, just make sure they have good contrast. You can also look into any of Pat Speth's Nickle Quilt books, where she uses charm packs.
I like shadow quilts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBSZ...VFDHmDXqCIzuAw
you can make the shadows larger or smaller to adjust the size of the quilt. You just need 2 additional fabrics, the same color, just make sure they have good contrast. You can also look into any of Pat Speth's Nickle Quilt books, where she uses charm packs.
Last edited by PaperPrincess; 11-04-2015 at 06:57 AM.
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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I am also collecting a few charm packages. Have you searched Google for ideas??
https://www.google.com/search?q=Cros...quilt+patterns
Unfortunately, when they are sitting on a shelf, they are not like bunnies that will produce more of themselves. They are just collecting dust.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Cros...quilt+patterns
Unfortunately, when they are sitting on a shelf, they are not like bunnies that will produce more of themselves. They are just collecting dust.
#8
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,967
I love to combine them with a solid white or cream and make half square triangles which can be arranged into multiple patterns for small quilts, table runners, placemats ect. I have even purchased my favorite colorway and pattern out of the collection in yardage and made throws.
This way it stretches one charm pattern collection.
This way it stretches one charm pattern collection.
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