Weekend Charm

Find out the inspiration for my new pattern, the Weekend Charm quilt. In January, I had to make a trip to the U.S. for some imaging (first mammogram after my breast cancer diagnosis and treatment…..happy to report no evidence of disease!). I visited some fabric shops as one does and picked up some cute beach inspired fabric.

On my return trip, I popped up to Boston to visit my oldest at university for a few days. Of course it was a weekend of snow storms – tours canceled, places closed, and trains delayed – so I got a lot of use out of my hotel room! Since I bought the fabric – I needed a pattern – with no chores to distract me I sat down and worked on it. Unfortunately, I did not have my sewing machine in the hotel room so I could not start testing my math. I did take the occasional break and walk across to a little strip mall close by for a meal. The snow piles in that parking lot were insane! Can you tell I don’t like cold and windy weather?

When designing the pattern, I wanted to use the 5″ squares in the charm pack to their fullest. I played around with some half square triangles and decided I wanted even less cutting! I went with alternating Diamond in a Square blocks and Mosaic blocks. Thus the Weekend Charm – there is minimal cutting and the smaller sizes will come together in a weekend.

The pattern has four sizes (Baby – 39″ x 39″, Throw – 52″ x 65″, TwinXL – 78″ x 104″, and Queen – 91″ x 104″). If you do not have any charm packs or want to use up scraps, there are instructions on how to make the Weekend Charm with either yardage or scraps.

I am going to make a second quilt using some red, white, and blue fabric in honor of the USA’s 250th birthday! So keep an eye out for pictures of that version coming soon.

If you are interested in making the Weekend Charm, check out my Etsy shop to download your copy of the pattern.

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