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    I think D9P is a nice easy pattern for charms with large prints you don't want to cut out. It is what I did with the Watercolor Gardens Charm pack I got from M* with my first order, 2 years ago. Leave the large printed charms in the corners of the 9P and the solids from your stash in the sides of center, these will be cut for the D9P.


    Quote Originally Posted by Hulamoon View Post
    I'm so happy to see a colored background. I need to make a baby quilt and didn't want to use white. Yours is beautiful!

    I'going to use this, but don't know what color to pick!

    https://www.etsy.com/search?q=mind%2...%20and%20q%27s
    I also like colored backgrounds, especially bright light colors. If I had your fabrics, I would probably use a pistacchio green or a banana yellow, with a sparkle of that beautiful red-orange (in cornerstones for the sashing or a thin inner border).
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    There is also an Eleanor burns pattern called How Charming () that I really liked. It went together well and I think it would be good fit for you.

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    Cheri, you are not alone. I don't care for pre cuts for the same reason....too many different fabrics. I did have a charm pack that I used for a D9P like lourixe. I just placed mine in a different pattern than she did. There are so many ways to lay it out once you've cut them. Just place your charms in the four corners so they don't get cut. Here is my finished D9P
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    Quote Originally Posted by lourixe View Post
    I think D9P is a nice easy pattern for charms with large prints you don't want to cut out. It is what I did with the Watercolor Gardens Charm pack I got from M* with my first order, 2 years ago. Leave the large printed charms in the corners of the 9P and the solids from your stash in the sides of center, these will be cut for the D9P.



    I also like colored backgrounds, especially bright light colors. If I had your fabrics, I would probably use a pistacchio green or a banana yellow, with a sparkle of that beautiful red-orange (in cornerstones for the sashing or a thin inner border).
    I'll have to remember that color combo if I do a D9P. I do want to try a falling charms though. I really don't know how I got invited to the shower. It's my step daughters BIL. It's nice to be included though.

    Oh and it t's a boy.



    Lorie

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    So far, I've been lucky. Most charm packs I've bought can be cut down to Candies. Moda has some fun books to play with these little squares and you don't need much else to experiment. I can also put up some of the fabric I've cut as a pack, and gift it. (I use the Sizzix)

    I dont like Charms...but......-14121060345710.jpg Small quilt from Moda book. Cut too many squares for another project.

    I dont like Charms...but......-14160004434180.jpg Potholder in work. Clearance pack bought at an Expo
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    Quote Originally Posted by vchale View Post
    Here's what I decided to do with my "lovely" charms recently.Attachment 93425 Not original, somebody did something similar for iron quilter
    I love your quilt! So pretty.
    I like your whole charm pack, I hope you find something to do with your prints.

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    Going forward, there are many patterns for quilts made of just a few fabric designs. Many quilts are only two colors. I am sure with a query you can find many free patterns. The pattern don't even need to be for just 2 fabrics, if you don't mind doing extra calculations to determine how much yardage you will need. Kathy Brown has published 2 books with the "Take 5" theme. They use just 5 different fabrics for the quilt top (sometimes there is a background fabric too.) I hope you find material and patterns that you will like so you can continue quilting.
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    Have you looked into the Schnibbles books by Carrie Nelson?

    I've done 4 quilts from that and her other schnibbles book. Love them!
    "Only God is perfect, my quilts don't have to be!"

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    The one complaint I usually have and it's more with Jelly Rolls, is the color values. There might be 2 strips of a burgundy that have blue overtones, and 2 strips with red overtones. I usually need 4 - 6 strips of the same value. So far, the charms seem to be more coordinated.

    At least, cutting up charms to candies, I'd have at least 8 2 1/2 inch squares of the same value to play with.

    I'll find something else for the florals, or cut into 2 1/2 rectangles and piece those. The dots didn't have any florals - just smaller dots.

    I dont like Charms...but......-14154826555730.jpg

    This is the base for an iPad carrier. I used bits of every charm.

    That red and white quilt is only 22 x 22. It was from yardage, not a pack. The pattern is from Moda's Candies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjkaiser View Post
    Don't take this the wrong way and I don't mean to sound snarky. My husband does not sew but you two suffer from the same thing: It is called over-thinking or over-analyzing and you described the symptoms perfectly. It drives me absolutely crazy. (Maybe that's why a game of Scrabble with him takes like 3 hours) Just make up your mind already and move on. The colors don't have to be the same but if they were in the same charm pack in the end they WILL go together.I speak from experience, I have a gazillion charm packs. That's all I will buy.
    Yes you are right! I admit it! I have to have things to match and I do over organize....probably most of the time. Another problem I have is if I dont like what I am making, it won't get done!

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