Charming Pachyderms

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Charming Pachyderms

By Letty at Happy Dance Quilting

This sweet 31” x 37 “ quilt will make any child happy. It is easy to put

together and quilt, it’s a simple weekend

project, and it is such fun to play with the

fabric placement.

Ingredients

1 Charm Pack of a colorful fabric line – I used

Riley Blake’s Fly a Kite

1 Charm Pack of a neutral fabric I

used Moda’s Primitive Muslin

1 5" Charm Pack Tumbler Template

by Natalie Dawn for Missouri Star Quilt

Co

Batting and Backing for a 37 inch quilt

½ yard fabric for binding

1 fat quarter for elephant appliqué

Instructions

1. Choose 27 of your favorite

fabrics from the colorful charm

pack and 27 neutrals1.

2. Stack and cut a few 5 squares at

a time using the tumbler template.

1 If you want to duplicate my quilt exactly, you’ll need 2 charm packs ot the Primitive Muslin, and

you’ll want to leave out the darkest fabrics, and reserve 18 of the lightest ones for the top and

bottom pieced borders.

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3. Sew blocks in pairs with one narrow end up matched against a

wide end. It will look like this.

4. When

pressed

open they

will make a

straight-

edged

rectangle.

5. Arrange in rows alternating

the neutrals with the prints in

a way that looks

pleasing to you. It

will be a

checkerboard.

6. Sew into rows, and

then sew rows

together keeping

your layout intact.

7. If you don’t want

to piece your

borders, you can

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just sew 6 rows of checkerboard and then piece a 5 x 31 inch

border on the top and

bottom.

8. Use your favorite

appliqué method to

place 3 elephants on

the top as shown.

9. Quilt as desired and

bind.

Binding tip:

When turning corners you

want to stop ¼ inch before

the edge of the quilt. This

can be hard to see properly because the biding is on top of the

edge. I insert a pin just a tiny bit right before I come to the corner so

that when my needle and the pin are

exactly in line I know to stop.

Elephant Template Right

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Elephant Template Right

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