10 beautiful ideas for charm packs

You love the small, fine charm packs as much as I do? Wonderful, then I have some nice projects for you here! Charm packs are so-called precuts, i.e. pre-cut patchwork fabrics, and contain 42 x 5 inch squares (12.7 cm) as a package. The great thing is that a charm pack always contains all the fabrics from a collection, so the squares go perfectly together. So if you sew a patchwork project from a Charm Pack, a harmonious result is almost guaranteed. If you want to make something bigger out of it, you can add solids (plain fabrics) to Charm Packs – I’m happy to help you choose!

The advantages of Charm Packs at a glance

• Large selection : The large manufacturers of patchwork fabrics offer charm packs of many of their fabric collections, the choice here is very large
• Diversity : a Charm Pack contains at least 1 of all the fabric patterns in a collection, so you get a wonderful selection of patterns and colours
• Plenty of Patterns : There are tons of free patterns online that are made specifically for Charm Packs – perfect for baby quilts, placemats, cushions, table runners and bags
• Price/performance: a charm pack costs well under 20 € (very rarely 22 €) and you get roughly 60 cm of fabric with a fabric width of 1.10 m – this is more than if you were to buy fabric by the meter, but you get a whole collection.

This is what charm packs look like

Beautiful projects from Charm Packs

Maybe you would like to conjure up something beautiful from a Charm Pack! I’ll list a few of my favorite projects below, all instructions are free !

• Cross Stitch Patchwork Pillow by Heidi Staples
• Charming Christmas Fat Quarter Shop
• Crown quilt by Missouri Quilt Company
• Charm Pack Cherry Quilt Fat Quarter Shop
• Prairie Points Runner by Donna Jordan
• Starry Christmas table runner by Claudia Itzwerth
• Mix & Match quilt by Donna Jordan
• Mod Charms quilt by Quilty Love
• Easy Charm Pack Quilt by The Sewing Studio
• 2 Charm Packs = 4 placemats + 1 table runner! by Donna Jordan

You can find more wonderful projects by well-known designers in books written especially for the practical 5 inch squares:

Matching fabrics as a supplement

In my store you will find matching Moda Bella solids for each charm pack, which have either already been selected by the respective fabric designer or which I have chosen from the fabric card. Simply choose a color and give the quilt the desired direction.

You can find the matching plain colors under the Charm Pack or in the right margin!

Projects sewn by me

I made this baby quilt using instructions from the book Just One Charm Pack. I completed the Charm Pack with a Moda Bella Solid.

Have fun sewing!