I’ve spent the last week cutting fabric into 5″ squares and making up fun little bundles. Now I’m gonna try and sell a few to someone who likes charm pack squares with personality!
These bundles are the equivalent of 3 charm packs (120 5″ squares) but they’re made up of an eclectic bunch of fabrics. All top quality quilt shop cottons. A few solids mixed in some of them, but mostly prints and geometrics.
I’ve also restocked a few more of the exact bundles that I used for the two quilts above. I also have quite a few more combos in the shop that are not shown here.
Every bundle that I put together, I wish I could make a quilt out of! I’d love to show you how each one will look in a quilt, and at the same time, keep trying out different ways to use charm squares. Alas, I run out of time!
And yes, I know I’m crazy since cutting all those fabrics takes a lot of time, not to mention photographing, listing, and shipping. This will not be a continuing feature here, but for now I just felt the need to empty out the fabric cupboard a bit.
Just a few quick links to tutorials or ideas that I’ve been dreaming of using these packs for. Maybe it will get your inspiration going too!
♥ This one! Something about simple squares sashed with cream.
♥ Half square triangles! The options are endless… pairing your prints with a solid like this one!
♥ Plus Quilt! So simple, just arranging the squares in plus shapes. Tutorial here. (you may want to buy two packs, just to make a larger quilt.
♥ One more timeless and modern strip quilt.
And I’m not done with fabric yet! I had a request for a kit like my basket quilt, then since I had all the fabrics pulled out, I decided to make two more kits.
These kits are extra-special-precious, (at least to me) as in – it’s painful looking at them because so many of my favorite fabrics are included. I made this kit as close as possible to my original quilt, using all the same fabrics, and only substituting when it was something I no longer had around.
I know that sending these out the door will be painful, but hey! I chose to do it and really it does make me happy to share. And it is almost a good kind of pain, just making myself use up some of this fabric is kinda freeing!
Anyways, these bundles include larger pieces for the block backgrounds (approx. 8″x 15″) These are plenty large since I cut my backgrounds varying at 5″-8″wide by 11″ high. These backgrounds are all light to medium value prints in mostly pastel colors.
Then there’s the baskets, which are about 6″ square, again plenty since you’ll trim most of them smaller.
The basket handles I’ve cut into bias strips for you, all ready to press and sew on!
Then there’s the scrappy border, and I’ve included width of fabric strips for this. It was a little hard to calculate how much would be needed, but I think I included plenty. Of course you can always add from your own stash to make it even more scrappy.
So the instructions for these blocks are in Gwen Marston’s Liberated Quiltmaking ll. I don’t feel right about posting a tutorial here, and besides that, I think every quilter should own this book!
Enough fabric enabling now! Here’s a link to my shop if you’re feeling tempted.
these are gorgeous bundles! Great idea!
Ive been thinking of basket quilts lately and have made a couple of blocks….if it turns out half as nice as yours I will be happy! Love the bundles!
I'm drooling. and trying to restrain myself from going ape and buying them all!
I just love your fabric combos!!
I love everything about your blog. Sigh….. So pretty every single time. Your basket quilt is the one you featured when I first started following you. Love it.
Sigh want to – but get hammered for tax and handling charges at anything over £15! Argh!
There will be no time to pinch my pennies, they will all be gone! 🙂 I get so excited whenever I see you have a new post. Your basket quilts are definitely some of my favorite quilts of all time.
I love the way you combine colors and prints, I'm sure those packs will make for some lovely quilts!!
absolutely beautiful!!!! Now I want to start a basket quilt, your is amazing.
beautiful bundles. and what a great idea!
Jolene, your fabric combining is masterful! What a great idea to put stacks together for us – I am going to your etsy shop to check them out!
Lovely, lovely! I took at look and you did make such beautiful bundles. Choosing the fabrics must have been fun! I actually like cutting, so this is tempting me. What od you think? Has it been worth it? How long do you think it takes to cut 2-3 duplicate $45 kits?
Beautiful fabric, I especially love the quilt of squares, I have a thing for squares, they are lovely.
Just discovered your blog from a post Pat Sloan made—love your work! Scrappy, colorful, playful….who could ask for more!!! What fun….
Hi Jolene, just a quick note. I nominated you for The One Lovely Blog Award/Very Inspiring Blogger Award. My apologies if you've received it before, but yours is one of my very favourite blogs and I wanted to reflect that on my list. Happy Sunday. Jacq x
Such Happy, Cheerful Quilts! Love your fabrics!
thr brights really put a hop in your step. Lifts your spirits up to new creative heights! Inspiration abounds.
Gorgeous!
When I saw the first photo I thought to myself that you have such a talent for putting unusual fabrics together! I would love to buy some.
I've always the same feeling about your fabric combinations, truly in love with them!
Love so many of these bundles! I think the chevron quilt is calling me… Oh, what is that mushroom fabric? It is so cute!