Originally Posted by JanetWall
I would like to buy charm packs. I already found some just need to know how many? My bed is queen size. I would appreciate the help.
Charms packs come in 5" size you would be doing the draw a line down the middle method.
you'd need two for each pinwheel and 2 for each background or 4 for each 9' finished block.
For a queen size I'd measure the top of the mattress and the drop from the top down both sides to however wide you want the quilt and top to bottom adding about 12" for under the pillows and how long you want it to do down the end of the bed. Beds are so different any more you should measure yours.
Anyway lets say you want it 82" x 90".
If you are making it with 9" blocks then you would need:
9 - 9" blocks across and 10 - 9" blocks down.
90 blocks total. Then you can add some borders to get it the size you want.
SO: 90 pinwheel blocks x 4 charm squares = 360 charms
180 for the wheel and 180 for the background
Figure out how many charms in a pack (I don't know) and divide into 180 to see how many packs of background and how many of pinwheel.
I hope this helps. Please ask more questions if needed.
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I went and checked out Moda charm packs and they have 42 - 5" squares.
180 divided by 42 = 4.29 so 5 packs of background and 5 packs of pinwheel fabric.
You could use the leftover in a border maybe cut in half but that's a long way down the road.
If you were buying fabric and cutting it yourself I would recommend about 3 1/2 yd of each background and pinwheel and then do the sew around the block with 8" squares.
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