A Quilt On Hand

Giving away quilts is half the fun, isn’t it? I’ve purposely made most of the quilts I’ve given as gifts, but I got to thinking recently…what if I need one for a gift and I don’t have time to make it? This, of course, set my mind reeling so naturally I had to make a quilt ‘just in case’ because you never know!

My first thought was it has to be a quilt that would work for any occasion and anybody (I might have messed up the ‘anybody’ part after putting a floral backing on 🙂 ). Anyway…a pleasing pattern in a nice throw size would do. I always wanted to make an Around the World type quilt so I decided on the Four Patch Charm pattern by Kathy Schwartz that finishes 63″ x 69″.

I’m still sewing with fabric I have on hand, and luckily I had enough golds and yellows in my stash for this project. I used 16 different prints to avoid too often of a repeat. I also had approximate one yard sections of solids for the background so I blended three different colors, Kona Bone, Kona Snow and Bella Wheat. I placed them in symmetrically so mixing the colors worked.

I liked that this pattern introduced me to a new block, and it helped me to overcome my fear of bias edges.

Everything went together relatively fast, and the layout was a lot of fun even though I had to do so on the floor.

Also in keeping with using only what I had, I made scrappy binding.

I thought quilting a grid would balance out the triangular points nicely, so I used my hera marker and quilted lines every two inches.

And there you have it, a finished Four Patch Charm quilt ready for a new home!

I’d love to make this quilt in every color…couldn’t you see it? 🙂