Moda Fabrics Charm Friday Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Moda Fabrics Charm Friday Quilt Pattern Summary

The Charm Friday Quilt by Moda Fabrics is a downloadable PDF quilting pattern designed for intermediate-level quilters. The finished quilt measures a generous 58" x 70", making it an ideal lap or throw quilt. This pattern is available as a free download, offering excellent value for quilters looking to use up charm packs or fat quarters in a classic, scrappy style.

About the Charm Friday Design

True to its name, this is a charm quilt — a beloved quilting tradition in which every fabric piece in the quilt is cut from a different print, celebrating the beauty of variety and contrast. The design relies heavily on the interplay of light and dark fabrics, which creates the visual structure and movement across the quilt top. The pattern is built around a classic Nine Patch block, one of the most foundational and recognizable blocks in the quilting tradition, here executed with a scrappy, modern charm-pack sensibility.

The finished quilt uses 172 light fabric pieces and 152 dark fabric pieces, and the careful balance of value — light versus dark — is what gives the design its graphic appeal. As the pattern notes, the "charm" of a charm quilt is the mix of fabrics and value, so no two versions of this quilt will ever look exactly alike.

Quilt Construction and Techniques

The Charm Friday Quilt is constructed using several classic quilting techniques that intermediate quilters will find both familiar and satisfying to execute:

• Strip piecing: Light and dark 2" x 5" rectangles are sewn together into strip sets, which are then cut into 2"-wide segments. This efficient technique speeds up block construction and ensures consistent sizing.
• Half-square triangle construction: Some light charm squares are cut in half diagonally, introducing a triangular element that adds visual interest and variety to the overall layout.
• Nine Patch block assembly: The pattern produces two distinct block variations — Nine Patch A and Nine Patch B. A total of 50 Nine Patch A blocks and 49 Nine Patch B blocks are assembled, for a combined total of 99 Nine Patch blocks.
• Strip set efficiency: Quilters will make 74 strip sets in total, which are then cut into segments and pressed carefully before block assembly. Precise pressing is emphasized throughout the instructions to ensure seams nest properly.
• Pressing technique: The pattern gives specific pressing directions at each stage of construction, a critical step in achieving flat, accurate Nine Patch blocks.
• Binding: The quilt is finished with a standard double-fold straight-grain binding, cut as 7 strips of 2½" x WOF (width of fabric).

Cutting Details

Precise cutting is essential to this pattern's success. Key cutting instructions include:

• Light fabrics: From charm squares, 20 squares are cut in half diagonally for triangles; 112 squares are cut into 223 rectangles measuring 2" x 5".
• Dark fabrics: From 112 dark charm squares, cut 224 rectangles measuring 2" x 5".
• Binding: Cut 7 strips at 2½" x WOF from ⅝ yard of binding fabric.

All cutting and piecing instructions include a standard ¼" seam allowance throughout.

Materials and Fabric Requirements

The Charm Friday Quilt is designed to make excellent use of precut fabric collections, particularly charm packs — precut bundles of 5" x 5" squares. The pattern offers two fabric sourcing options to give quilters flexibility:

Option 1: Charm Packs

• 9 charm packs are required. The pattern assumes each charm pack contains approximately 40