Charms from the 90’s Finish

Posted on February 13, 2026 | Leave a comment
90's Charm Squares

I took those old 1990’s charms and finally a quilt with them!

The quilt is about 42 inches by 52 inches. No particular reason for this size, except for the size, number and layout of the blocks that I ended up with.

90's Charm Squares

The quilt was machine quilted on my domestic Janome.

90's Charm Squares

Some of the quilting was done with a walking foot, and some by free motion.

90's Charm Squares

I like how it turned out!

I might be motivated to play with some more of these 1990’s charm squares and move them out!

90's Charm Squares

How about you?

Do you have old charms that you were inspired to use? If so, what did you make?

Have fun and carry on!

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Posted on February 9, 2026 | 18 comments

I settled on a star layout for the half-square triangles made from the 1990’s charm squares.

I don’t have a large wall, or the floor space, to lay out blocks, but we all make do with what we do have.

90's Charm Squares

The stars are set with squares and this was simple to stitch up.

I had enough parts left over (including the odd sized half-square that I threw in the parts department and retrieved) to make two more star blocks for the back.

90's Charm Squares

All marked and pinned.

I have chosen to do easy cross-hatching with a walking foot.

Nothing fancy to see here.

90's Charm Squares

Have fun and carry on!

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Posted on February 6, 2026 | 12 comments

If you have ever participated in charm square exchanges, then you know that you should expect surprises.

I participated in 4 inch charm square swaps back in the 90’s.

Some aren’t even quilter’s cotton. And some were cut with scissors and barely resemble a square.

I am sure that you have used your swap squares years ago, but I still have loads of these.

90's Charm Squares

I am not fond of most of this fabric, so I am going to take Bonnie Hunter’s suggestion and cut fabric that I don’t like into smaller pieces.

90's Charm Squares

I decided to pair a light and a dark to make half-square triangles. I am not squaring blocks first.

90's Charm Squares

After pressing and then squaring, I am ending up with 3.5 inch squares (and one 3.25 inch square that will go into the parts department).

31 blocks made so far.

90's Charm Squares

I have no plan for the setting as yet. That should be the fun part, since there are so many ways to set this type of block.

Have fun and carry on!

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