Precuts Demystified

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For those of you wondering about precuts, they fall into a couple of categories.

1. Charm Packs - packs of (usually) 40-42 coordinating 5" squares. All from a particular line of fabrics, usually one square of each from the line.
2. Layer Cakes - same as Charm Packs, but 10" squares instead of 5" squares.
3. Jelly Rolls - 2.5" strips the WOF (width of the fabric), again in coordinating fabrics from a line or color palate.
4. Honey Bun - same as Jelly Rolls, but 1.5" strips.
5. Dessert Rolls - same as Jelly Rolls, but 5" strips.
6. Turnovers - same principle as the Charm Packs and Layer Cakes, but in a 6" triangle.

*All of these are also sold in solids or stacks/rolls of one solid color, e.g. white.*

This page from Minnesota Charms has loads of Precut Math already worked out for you if you're making a quilt, or want to make your own precuts. :)

My First Quilt - WIP

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As I have mentioned in a previous post I have been bitten by the sewing bug.  Hard.  I have actually sewn everyday since I received my sewing machine.  :)  I don't know why, but quilting has caught my fancy.  So I started researching quilting and talking to my mom (an amazing sewer) about it.  Apparently I come from a very long, prestigious line of quilters on both sides of my family.  So, I started a quilt.  I began the quilt with these block patterns in mind, a couple of charm packs in Papillion by Moda, and a little bit of yardage in complimentary brown.  I really do love it, unfortunately my cutting skills have not proven up to the task to all of these points :(  My Scrappy Four Patches are pretty, but far from perfect.  So, instead of doing a Four Patch with and X block. I think I am going to change my game plan to a Scrappy Four Patch with sashing and a border, which means this will probably go on the back burner until I get a hold of some sashing fabric.  But, I do have another quilting in progress that I will be sharing with you very soon.  Until then...