Charming Christmas Present Quilt

The Flurry quilt by Kate Spain is showing up all over blog land.  The project sheet for the quilt she designed is available for download at The Fat Quarter Shop and is made with a layer cake. 

Since I had a Flurry charm pack and only wanted a wall hanging this is what I've had on my design wall the past few days.  I used the idea from the Flurry project sheet and made my blocks smaller.  My wall hanging is approximately 35" X 40".

I really love these fabrics.

Here is how I made my wallhanging.  You will need approximately:

1 yard of white fabric ( I used Kona Cotton)
Red and green scraps for the ribbon and bow. 
One charm pack or 5" squares of Christmas fabrics.

For the blocks you will need:

1 charm square (or any 5" square of Christmas fabric)
Ribbon fabric (green in the photo above):
   Cut 1  - 1 1/4" X 5"
   Cut 2  - 1 3/4" X 1 3/4"
Background:
   Cut 2  - 1 3/4" X 1 3/4"
   Cut 1  - 1 3/4" X 2 3/4"

Cut the charm square in half.  Sew the 1 1/4" X 5" green fabric between the charm square halves as shown.

The green squares will be sewn onto the 1 3/4" X 2 3/4" background rectangle using the connector corner method.  Place right sides together and sew diagonally.  You can either mark the diagonal line with a pen or chalk, press the square in half diagonally to mark the line, or you can just eyeball and sew from corner to corner.

I trim away the excess fabric at the corner before pressing the corner down.

Now place the second green square on right sides together and sew.  Trim the excess and press. 

Here is the piece from the back side.  When using connector corners sometimes the top triangles end up outside of the original rectangle. 

I trim the piece so that it measures the original 1 3/4" X 2 3/4". 

Now the units are ready to put together.

These blocks are fast and easy to make.

You could make a Christmas pillow from just one block with a border or two. 

To finish the wall hanging cut sashing 2 1/2" wide and cornerstones 2 1/2" X 2 1/2".   I quartered charm squares to make the cornerstones.  The outside white border is cut at 1 1/2" wide. 

Thanks to Judy L at www.patchworktimes.com for hosting Design Wall Monday.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today!

I hope you are finding some time to stitch today!