FAL #4 Complete - Pinwheels

Last week my work quilts were smaller, giving me a window to quilt my Pinwheels Quilt. It is only 57" square, and after quilting a client's quilt that was about the same size with the pattern Spilled Ink, I knew it was do-able. I think this is my new favorite spiral pattern - even coverage, slightly oval, a bit quirky. Pinwheels and spirals were a fun combination.

Spilled Ink pattern, 3.5" across

The pinwheels started out as a Disappearing Pinwheel quilt - that didn't quite work. It came together in the year that I did not blog. I found the pattern on a blog somewhere, cut a test block using 5" squares, made the pinwheel, re-cut into 9 pieces easily. The block went together nicely - a Churndash with a pinwheel in the center.

Where things got tricky was trying to recreate those blocks using Summersville charms with pinked edges.  The semi-solid colors are a weave texture (Timeless?) After sewing all of the pinwheels, I started slicing up the blue and black pinwheels, and made some of the new blocks. The pinwheel blocks were a bit smaller than the test block, and the cutting and sewing was challenging. In a couple of places the seams were so scant, Steam a Seam was needed to add just a bit more fabric. A small quilt was finished with those blocks, and I'll have to track it down and take a photo.

The remaining blocks weren't quite enough on their own, but luckily I had bought some fq's of Summersville and had almost enough of the solids to make the smaller, floating pinwheels. I had to toss in another similar weave print to supplement the blue. This could also be called Perseverance #2, as it took me a bit to get over the disappointment of the original project.

The binding finishes about 3/4", and it was cut from leftover backing fabric, a Jinny Beyer sponge-print blender. I like slightly wider bindings on quilts without borders.