I dont like Charms...but......

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What about cutting large hexis out of the charms and making a hexi quilt. It you sew triangles to opposite sides of the hexi you can sew them in rows with a machine and not have to hand stitch them. I've done two quilts like that. You could use this concept and it would look like the first quilt (hexis within a star), except yours would be one solid fabric instead of the dresden look. OR like the second quilt with diamond shapes between the hexis. I used different fabric for the triangles that would eventually look like diamonds (which was a little tricky), but if you used the same background fabric throughout, it would be a piece of cake. FYI- the triangles are cut larger than needed and then cut even with the sides of the hexi.