I've got tons of charm squares from swaps over the last couple of years and I thought this would be a great chance to use some of them. Here's a picture of some of them sorted by color...
Charm square stash
I figure I have at least a couple thousand of them. When I started thinking of patterns that use lots of charm squares, a Disappearing 9-Patch seemed the obvious choice. I'd made this one for my mom earlier this year...
Disappearing 9-Patch quilt
There are tons of tutorials about how to make a Disappearing 9-Patch block, so I'm not going to rehash it here. If you've never made one and are interested in learning how, just do a search in Google.
I designed a simple quilt in Electric Quilt 7 using this block. I love designing quilts in EQ7. It's so easy to draw a complete one in a matter of minutes. (If anyone would like the EQ7 project file for this, let me know. Although you might not get it until I get back.) So here's a picture of the quilt I came up with...
Disappearing 9-Patch charity quilt
As I have it drawn, the quilt will finish at 59" x 74". Each quilt uses 108 charm squares along with sashing, inner and outer borders. I've spent some time over the last couple of days putting together kits for it. I've made 6 kits in 3 different colorways (green, blue and purple).
Kits for D9-Patch charity quilts
I'm not planning on making all of these quilts myself. Any of the ladies at retreat who'd like to make one are welcome to them. I also separated out enough charm squares for more quilts in red, orange and yellow if they'd rather do those. I just didn't have a coordinating border fabric for them (and didn't want to purchase one).
Enough charm squares for 3 more quilts
It's such an easy pattern, I'm hoping I get at least 2 of the tops made. I have another quilt I want to make for a child out of different fabric. I'll have to let you know how much I actually get done when I get back.
Until later...
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and rescues those who are crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18 (NLT)
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