Old 10-17-2010, 11:57 PM
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jitkaau
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Originally Posted by Spring
I started my first quilt today. Its a pinwheel sampler quilt from this site http://www.psiquilt.com/2010/01/pinw...ilt-along.html
Boy do I have a lot to learn. I almost gave up half way through the first block.
I discovered that I can't cut a straight line to save my soul. On the first block I was not very careful at keeping with the 1/4" seams. It took some real work to get all the seams lined up right. On the second block I was very careful and everything lined up much nicer. Im really glad I decided to learn on scraps rather then the moda fabric I wanted to order. I'll save the good stuff for the next quilt.
There are some templates which might help you with a pinwheel quilt, they are the X block template from Patricia Pepe and Twisted sisters template. They are available for viewing at the addresses below.Of course, the easiest pinwheel is to rotate 4 half square triangles to form the pattern of a pinwheel.
http://www.amisimms.com/twistedsisters.html
http://www.patriciapepe.com/
Good luck with your next project.
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