Pinwheel Quilt the 2nd

This is the pinwheel quilt that almost wasn't.

 

 

 

98 pinwheels later and it's a quilt.

(Yes, Sheila, I miscounted)

 

The reason it almost wasn't is because the 98 pinwheels would have had to have been sewn together by way of improve.  That would have taken me forever and NEVER would have gotten done. 

 

So I had to decide on a more structured layout.  I had too many pinwheels already made and didn't want them laying around to remind me of a failed idea.

 

I worked at this quilt diligently until it was finished because I didn't really want to make it after the layout disappointment.  I knew if I stopped it would become a UFO.  I don't want quilt UFOs.

 

 

Quilting this quilt was quite the challenge.  The 3 second rate purple air soluble markers I bought would make two or three lines across the quilt then spit purple ink blobs on it !!!! When I finally gave in and bought the Dritz brand..... 

 



 

 

all was well and quilting went like a breeze.

 

 

 

You can't even imagine how happy I was when the binding was on and the quilt was done.

 

 

 I think I've satisfied my pinwheel making desire for awhile now.

 

 

This pinwheel quilt was made with the same fabric collection as I made this Fractured quilt.

 

 

It fascinates me how different they look.

 

And now I've HAPPILY moved on to a quilt that's looking exactly how I hoped it would.

***smiling***

 

xxx

Annie

 



Pretty Pinwheels

 

Once upon a time, there was a quilter named Annie...  I love pinwheels.  They are my all time favorite block.  Every fabric collection is considered for a pinwheel quilt.  But none has ever been right.

Until one day in February, Carol and I decided to purchase and split a Fat Eighth bundle called 2wenty Thr3e.

When my now Fat Sixteenth arrived, I knew it would be my long awaited pinwheel quilt.  BUT would there be enough fabric for enough pinwheels to make a quilt?

It was March when I finally decided on a design plan.  I actually NEVER have a total design plan...only a start.  I then dive in and fly the rest of the way by the seat of my pants.  I decided to make both 6.5" and 4" pinwheels.  The 4" pinwheels would be sashed with two different widths and then turned and placed at random between the 6.5" pinwheels.

Then a border of all the 4" pinwheels again.  It turned out to be the perfect sized throw quilt for me.  As I prefer quilts as accessories to beds and chairs and such rather than as a bedspread, I couldn't be happier.

I still had small scraps of all the fabrics and decided on a pillow.  But not with tiny pinwheels!  Just some small squares placed in a fractured arrangement.

I wasn't sure about not using pinwheels in the pillow, but it turns out that I love the design contrast.

 

 

I am SO happy to have my pinwheel quilt!  And even happier that I'm completely happy with my end result...even seven months after it's start.  **sheesh!**

 

 

 

It doesn't bother me at all that this looks more like summer than fall.  I prefer summer and I'm happy enough to hang on to it as long as possible.

xxx

Annie