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Many months ago, I collected all my random charm squares and decided to make a HST quilt to be donated to my guilds community work. Since I was in no hurry, it took a bit of time to sew and then trim the over 200 HST. It was fun to lay them out - such a big range of colors and styles of prints.
For quilts with lots of blocks, I will sew things together in quadrants, first in rows with everything webbed together.
At this point, I've got all 4 quadrants webbed together and can start sewing rows to rows.
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The dimensions of the quilt will be 52" x 60". I've a few more charm squares and am thinking about making it a bit bigger, likely by just adding rows and columns in a way that would not make it symmetrical. First I need to make sure there is enough variety in what hasn't yet been sewn to make it work.
This is one of three charity quilts I'm working on!
What a great way to use up the random charm squares in your stash. I love the layout you chose!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing. Great way to use charm squares.
ReplyDeleteSo. Much. Work! I know that piecing and trimming HSTs is no small task, so I admire you for what you're doing, and planning to give away. I love the look of HSTs, but often avoid them for the time it takes to make a block, and trim it "just so," so it fits with its neighbor. You've done a wonderful job, and it looks great.
ReplyDeleteI have a TON of HSTs…I make them on purpose to use up scraps or have them leftover from other projects. I think I’ll copy your idea and do something similar to your layout. There’s not much room left in my storage box. Time to SEW THEM UP!!!
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