It's Charming

 Despite the fact that

I just got my Roseville applique going again,

and I've been embroidering on a Halloween project,

I wanted to do some simple sewing at the machine.

Using basically 2 Moda Charm packs and
1 Mini Charm pack,
it was time to "just sew".

I wanted to make scrappy nine patches, but
I wanted to make them quickly and without much effort.
I came up with a plan
to eliminate some extra cutting.

This isn't probably new, but it
worked for me.

I used a long 2.5" strip of white
and sewed

halved charm squares along the edge.

Then I added other halves to the
other side.

But I needed to careful and stop and think.

The second row needed to
be dropped 2 1/2 inches, so

when I went to cut strips

the cutting would line up perfectly.

 Top and bottom rows done.

I did the same thing with the middle row of the
nine patch.
But this time the sewing was easier.
No calculating.

And I used lots of those mini charms here.

Pressed towards the center and

Voila!

Perfect nine patch blocks.
That was FUN!

Until Next Time-