Mini Charm Baby Quilt

I needed a baby quilt and I needed one fast! The only baby fabric I had was this sweet mini charm pack, Darling Little Dickens, by Lydia Nelson from Dreamy Quilts. This quilt top finished around 30" x 36". This size is great for a baby quilt, but would also work great as a table topper or lap quilt. It may look a little plain right now but just wait until you see what I have in store for the quilting. I love having wide open areas to have fun with quilting. You could also use these open areas for other needlework or applique. If you need it to be even easier and faster, you could also use a coordinating print or some cute fussy cut squares instead of the white open spaces.

Okay, let's get started. You will need (1) mini charm pack plus (3) more coordinating 2.5" squares or (45) squares measuring 2.5" x 2.5". You will also need (9) squares of white fabric (coordinating print or your fussy cut fabric) measuring 10" square.

mini charm plus three extra 2 1/2 inch squares and 9 10 inch squares

lay out 9 rows of five 2/ 1/2 inch squares

Now, lay out (9) rows with (5) 2.5" squares per row.

Sew the rows together and press.

Attach to 10 inch square block ends up at 10x12

Attach (1) of the rows to each of the 10" squares. The combination blocks end up measuring around 10" by 12".

not sure why but I had over lap. It may be because i used precuts and sometimes they arent alwaysaccurate .I just trimmed it off

I'm not sure why I had overlap, but it may be because I used precuts and sometimes they aren't always accurate. I just trimmed off any differences.

Next I joined the combination blocks together alternating the direction of the blocks as shown in the photo below. Once you join the blocks together to create rows, press. I would recommend pressing the rows in alternating directions to make the seams nest easily. For example, press the first and third rows to the left and the second row to the right. When you match the seams up to join the rows together, they will nest against each other and go together great.

After your rows are sewn together creating the top, press your latest seams. That's it's, the top is done and in record time. Now let's add some magic to it with quilting. Coming up next will be a tutorial about how I quilt this top. I'll explain my thought process and how I achieve the designs. Stay tuned!