Showing posts with label pinwheels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pinwheels. Show all posts

Friday, June 23, 2017

A Smaller Big Spin

Got one done, despite the heat! Here's a smaller version of The Big Spin,


A Smaller Big Spin


 based on the pattern from the book Stash Lab.


Stash Lab book


The finished size for my small version is 36" x 36", and was possibly going to be given as a baby quilt. But hubby has an blank orange wall behind him at work, and wants to hang it there. Guess he can't resist that big pinwheel either - it's my favorite part!

How about some closeups? The quilting follows that of the pattern, a big spiral, though I put little spirals over the smaller pinwheels.


A Smaller Big Spin quilting

I'm not that fond of those little ones, and in retrospect, probably should have just continued with the big one. But it's okay, they add some interest.


scrap fabric pinwheels from 'making fabric'

Take a close look at the pinwheels they spin over. Those, plus some of the pinwheels that make up the big one, are made from the 'making fabric' scrap project.


making fabric from scraps


There's the light ones seen above, and the dark ones in the picture below.


scrap fabric pinwheel

It's amazing how those scrap fabric pieces take on the identity of a printed fabric, a very useful illusion for scraps to make.


dark scrap fabric pinwheels

Being that this quilt is a small version, I couldn't exactly follow the layout in the pattern. That meant some designing on my part. Here's a look at three different settings before the final version.


three versions of pinwheel settings


For fun, can you guess how many pinwheels are in this quilt? And how many HST's? Leave separate guesses for each in the comments below. The person who is close without going over for each guesstimate will win a little prize! Please, one guess per question per person. Guessing game will finish next Wednesday night, June 28, 2017. Good luck!


So there you have it, a fun quilt that met lots of goals! Used 'made up fabric' in the pinwheels; marks another finish for aqua for RSC17; and another quilt from Stash Lab (affiliate link). Hip hip hooray!




Monday, March 7, 2016

Perfect Pinless Pinwheels

Perfect Pinless Pinwheels is done, and she's soft and pretty!


After so much angst about how to quilt her, I decided on a pretty panto called Spring Vine.  An open design of flowers and leaves,





plus 80/20 batting, gave the quilt the desired softness and drape. On the front, Glide gold, lightly bringing out the yellow in the floral print, and on the back, Glide lilac to match the backing.

This quilt was started in a class at Road 2 California in January, and finally finished up.



A lovely pattern designed by Kimberly Einmo, it looks like a beautiful garden!

A few more closeups.





And the pretty soft purple backing has a bit of leftover parts from the front.



Happy with how this turned out - a simple design, but a great looking quilt!