Hello! I'm Alison from Little Bunny Quilts and I am back today with an adorable Christmas quilt using The Cookie Exchange by Sweetwater! You'll take charm squares and turn them into festive pinwheels -- let's go sew!

This quilt/project finishes at 42" x 49".

You'll need:

2 charm packs of The Cookie Exchange by Sweetwater
2/3 yard grass green crosshatch print
2/3 yard red dot print
2.5 yards grass green dot print for backing and binding

From your red fabric, cut forty two (42) 4.5 inch squares. Cut each square diagonally once for a total of eighty four (84) red triangles.

From your green fabric, cut forty two (42) 4.5 inch squares. Cut each square diagonally once for a total of eighty four (84) green triangles.

Using all of your charm squares, pair each square with another square. I paired a light colored square with a darker print square for my quilt. With the right sides together, sew around all four sides  of your paired charm squares using a 1/4 seam as shown in by the dotted line. Cut each sewn pair in half diagonally twice as shown.

Press each of the four HST units towards your darker fabric. Arrange into a pinwheel and sew together. Note: you can trim your HSTs before or after you sew your pinwheels together. If you trim prior to constructing your pinwheels, trim each of the four units to 2.75 inches. If you sew your pinwheel together and then trim your pinwheel unit to 5.5 inches. Make a total of 42 pinwheels.

To each of your 42 pinwheels, sew four of your large triangles. Sew 21 blocks with all red triangles, sew 21 blocks with all green triangles.

Arrange your blocks in seven rows of six blocks in each row. Alternate your red and green blocks as shown in my finished top. (My original diagram below shows green and grey background blocks.)

Layer with batting and backing and quilt as desired. Use excess backing for your binding. I quilted my quilt with an all-over pattern of loops and snowflakes!

This quilt finishes at 42" x 49".

I'm very excited to see your version of this quilt! Stop on by Little Bunny Quilts to see what else I have been working on!

Alison Vermilya
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