Originally Posted by lucyb
I always thought a charm quilt was a quilt that had no two peices of the same fabric.
I bet almost everyone would agree with you!
Moda fabrics produces batches of fabric that go together as a group and get a name like Autumn or Lucy or Animal On Tour. For every batch they also produce:
a package of 5" squares called Charms
a package of 2.5" by 42" strips called Jelly Rolls
a package of 10" squares called Layer Cakes
a package of 1/5" by42" strips called Honey Buns
There may be another couple of these packages, I forget.
Sometimes a batch of fabric might have less than 40 different colors or patterns or come combination of both and one way or another so Moda often puts in duplicates to make the count come up to the usual number.
Sometimes Moda won't put in the duplicates and the Charm package sells for less than a 40 package would.
As far as I know Moda makes these for all of its batches of fabrics - but that might just be wishful thinking.
This seller has Charms for several batches of Moda fabrics and instead of displaying the package where only the top shows, she/he displays the spread out package (supplied by Moda) so you can see exactly what's in each of the Charm packages she/he offers.
http://www.cpatchq.com/charmpacks.html
Ta Da! Hope this helps, Lucy.
Jois