A (traditional) charm quilt is one where you use only one piece of each fabric in the quilt. Charm squares became a 5" square of each fabric in a specific line, created by the manufacturers to enable people to purchase a sample of a whole line (standardized swatches) we, as quilters found these 5" square collections to be handy-dandy and created the market for them, which the manufacturers were happy to accommodate. There is still a difference between *Nickle Quilts* (quilts made with 5" squares, at times called charms) and ** charm quilts** made with hundreds of individual pieces, often collected in charm exchanges and scrap saving