I am so excited to start my next do-it-yourself quilt along! I’m having a blast designing new quilt patterns and breaking them down into easy to follow step-by-step tutorials.
What do you get when you combine a couple of charm packs with a fun geometric design made from triangles? The answer is Charming Chevrons (48″ x 56″), shown below:
I designed my quilt using Kona Cotton charm packs in their new classic palette.
I have put together quilt kits using the exact fabrics shown above, plus a couple of variations using these Moda Charm Packs shown below.
American Jane School Days
Chez Moi Coquette
Supply List
Important! If you’d like to pick your own charms, make sure that each pack contains at least 42 – 5 inch squares. Be sure to purchase or cut extra charms if needed.
Fabric
- 2 of the same charm packs in darks or prints – 84 charms total (Kona colors above)
- 2 of the same charm packs in lights or neutral solids – 84 charms total (Grey above)
- 1/2 yard for the binding (can be same as the background or something else)
- 3 yards for backing split into 2 equal pieces if using all the same fabric. If you prefer a scrappy backing like I do, collect assorted chunks and scraps to total this amount.
- Batting piece measuring at least 54″ x 62″ – (why not piece together some leftovers?)
Supplies
- Basic sewing equipment in good working order
- Rotary cutting mat and equipment
- Iron and/or pressing tool
- A variety of acrylic plastic ruler sizes including a 6 inch square up ruler (or larger)
- Brand new sewing machine needles (I always start with a fresh needle on a new project!)
- Frixion marking pen for drawing straight piecing lines (or your favorite marking pen)
- Neutral cotton thread for piecing
- Decorative thread to match fabrics for quilting
- Walking foot for straight line quilting
- Optional – darning foot for free-motion quilting (FMQ)
- Optional – design wall or large space to lay out your design
- Optional – blue water soluble marking pen for marking quilting lines
- Optional – pinmoors and pins for easy basting
- Optional – supreme slider, machingers gloves, bobbin washers for smooth FMQ
Sewing Schedule (All links will be active once each step has been completed.)
- Week 1 – Supply List and Introduction (today’s blog post above)
- Week 2 – Marking and Sewing the Charms
- Week 3 – Cutting and Trimming the Triangle Squares
- Week 4 – Sewing the Chevrons
- Week 5 – Assembling the Quilt Top
- Week 6 – Marking and Basting
- Week 7 – Machine Quilting Straight Lines
- Week 8 – Free Motion Pebble Quilting
- Week 9 – Binding and Finishing Your Quilt
Based on past tutorials, I am allowing plenty of time to sew the quilt together so no one feels rushed. You are always welcome to work ahead or slow it down. That’s the beauty of this quilt along – you can sew and quilt at your own pace!
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I started this quilt this past weekend…stayed tuned for pics, I’m very excited!!!!
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I’m a little late to this quilt along, but I’m buying my supplies today! I simply love this
Thanks for the tutorial!
Hi Ashley – better late than never! I hope you enjoy the tutorials and be sure to post pictures of your progress on my flickr group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/christasquiltalong/
Christa you mention piecing the batting, any tips on doing this?
You can piece your batting from leftover scraps. Make sure you have a straight clean edge and line up your pieces next to each other but do not overlap. Then sew together with a wide zig-zag catching each piece of batting as you go.
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Great idea for a couple of charm packs – chevrons are such a fabulous design!
Thank you for this tutorial.
What a beautiful design, love it!
Woo Hoo, I am in!! I ordered my kit this evening. What day each week will you be posting the instructions? This will be fun and I LOVE the Chevron Quilt!!
Thanks Jenny! I’m glad you’ll be joining us. I’ll put up each post on Wednesday!
I found you just in time! I have been eyeing chevron quilts for a few weeks now and along comes your blog to help me step-by-step! I am so excited to be part of this process. Thank you!
Another simple but effective quilt, lovely! Just wanted to tell you how I love getting to work each morning, here is Australia, and find an interesting message or inspiring idea waiting for me on my computer. I always open your blog for a quick read, then often go back to it during my lunch break to digest it fully! And send it to my home email for more reading!
I Love this Christa!!
I’m so excited! My daughter has requested a chevron quilt so this was to be my next project! Much more fun to work on a QAL!
Excellent Kathie! I’m glad you will be joining us.
Thanks Christa! I do have a question. Would it be okay to use a layer cake instead of charm packs to make it larger?
Absolutely! Using a layer cake instead of a charm packs to make it bigger is a wonderful idea! You can either cut your layer cake into 4 squares each so you have twice as many blocks. Or you can follow along and sew each layer cake square as an over-sized charm to make bigger blocks.