Coming from someone who has not been doing this long, I'm perplexed. I just don't get it. I saw some on Craftsy or Groupon or whatever that were on sale for now only. When I calculated the yardage, it was not a "real" deal. Even though they were like 40% off. Then I noticed they were advertised for 5.5 inch squares, but they had a shear cut (zig zag) so I was wondering: Is the 5.5 inches measured from the outer point or the inner point? And, how functional is it, if you just want to sew squares together? I can't imagine not having a straight line when I sew squares together. I would never be able to discern a quarter inch seam!!!
Anyway, leave me some insight into this in the comments. Remember, I'm just an amateur.
I web-lifted the photo, so please let me know if I have violated your copyright. (I'm not gonna buy one until I understand the reasoning behind it!)
Mike.
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I believe Moda has liscence to the name 'charm pack' (forty - 5" squares)and I believe the start of the pre=cut phase. It really is a benifit to those who have difficulty cutting. And no, charms (or other pre-cuts) do not have a uniform size. The pinking is to prevent fray, but they don't! Those little nubs rub off in smidges of fabric everywhere and then you DO have a smaller cut. You measure from the tip of the pink as that was the true edge - so if it frays - you are short.
That being said - I have bought charms (and other precuts)but use them in 'charm' quilt patterns (easy piecing) and you get the whole range of the fabric line - If I really like a particular one(s), then I buy yardage.
Per Moda liscence of packaging of their pre-cuts:
Jelly Roll strips are 2-1/2 inches so every 10 strips is 2/3 yard (plus an inch). 30 strips is 2 yards plus 3 inches. 40 strips is 2-3/4 yards. 50 strips is 3-1/2 yards.
Honey buns are 1-1/2 inches so 10 strips is just slightly under 1/3 yard. 40 strips are 1-2/3 yards.
Turnovers are 80 (6 inch) triangles and is equal to slightly over 1 yard.
Desert rolls are 10 (5 x 45) strips or just slightly over 1-1/3 yard.
Charms are 5 inches square. 40 charms is equal to 2/3 of a yard.
Layer Cakes are 10 inches square. 40 layer cake square is equal to 2-3/4 yards.
The only advantage that I know of is so you don't have to do any (or very little) cutting.I tried a jelly roll for the first time for the sliced competition. I used my 1/4 in foot, and they seemed to go together pretty accurately. They are rather expensive, though:( I guess time is money???
Thanks for the info! It is enlightening. I might buy one some day when they are on sale :)
Hi, I just found your blog via Leah Day :)
'Charm' packs are derived from the vintage 'charm' quilts, meaning that each fabric was used one time only thus creating the ultimate scrap quilt :)
Personally, I prefer to create my own 'precuts' since I prewash fabrics.
Best,
Jae
That's good to know. I didn't think about the prewashing. I prewash everything.
I like charm packs and layer cakes as fabric is horrifically expensive in the UK and this is the only way I can get a piece of every fabric in a line I love.
I'm with Wendy. I don't have trouble cutting - but still buy pre-cuts as it is a fantastic way to get variety in fabrics without the cost. My LQS won't do a cut smaller than 1/3yard. So for me to get get a bit of each fabric in the line (which the LQS NEVER carriers), it would be like $143. granted, I would have a lot more fabric - but I'm not always interested in quantity as much as variety. Scope out www.modabakeshop.com sometime to get better feel for the "recipes" / patterns created with pre-cuts in mind. (okay, I have created a tutorial or two for Moda so maybe I can't be objective - but the Moda precuts really are better in terms of size consistency than the generics that i have seen at other places!!!)
Thanks for the advice! I won a charm pack (a couple) in a giveaway. Some squares are 5" and the others are 3". I will have to check out Moda to see what I can do with them!
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