The quilt I'm making (or hoping to make) is a twisted log cabin. I've never done this before and am very excited. The blocks are triangular and foundation pieced. By being careful with the colors, you end up with pinwheels. Each pinwheel has 6 petals, and each petal is made up of 6 strips of fabric. That's why I need 6 gradations. Each petal actually comes to a point and the edges of the petal are kind of wavy.
This pattern was shown on the opening credits of the Simply Quilts show, but it was done in red, gold, and purple. I admired it every time I watched the show, and wondered how you ever made something like that. So, when I saw the class being offered, I HAD to take it!
For my quilt, I was thinking of making the background black and am hoping to use a bunch of different colors - probably one or two different pinks, a few blues, and maybe a yellow or green or purple. Every pinwheel will be a different color, with each color used for 2 or 3 wheels overall. I don't want it to look too much like a rainbow, but I guess that's what I'm saying I might use for the colors. I really want these pinwheels to pop off of the black background. I also don't know if I should put the darkest shades in the middle of the pinwheel and lighten going out, or put the lighest shade in the middle and darken going out. There are just SO MANY beautiful colors at their site, I don't know what to pick!