Here it is; pinwheels from home-made template

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12-02-2010, 04:10 PM

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klgreene

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Grann, turned out very nice. And I like those colors. What size did yours finish up at?

12-02-2010, 04:12 PM

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grann of 6

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Originally Posted by GrammaBabs

This is wonderful... love your colors... seems like you improvised from a "product"??? right?

Would love a brief discription of what you did... i'm a late comer here... but a FBTSOMP girl as well!!bj:)
(fly by the seat of my pants)

Well, basically what you do is sew a bunch of charm squares (5") together and put a 3" border around. Then you use the template to cut on the lines and sew them back together. Voila! That is what you get. Lots of fun because you never know what it will look like in the end. You can also get a template (in this case make one) to make twisters with layer cakes (10" squares). I want to do that soon, but Christmas is getting in the way of my sewing for fun.

12-02-2010, 04:13 PM

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annieshane

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Love this quilt. Great job

12-02-2010, 04:16 PM

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grann of 6

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Originally Posted by klgreene

Grann, turned out very nice. And I like those colors. What size did yours finish up at?

Mine ended up 18 1/2" x 27 1/2". When I have time (ha ha ha) I want to calculate how many charms to make a certain size, ie lap quilt or long table runner. I guess if I spent the $19.95 on her book I wouldn't have to do my own calculating. But since I am on a spending diet.....

12-02-2010, 04:29 PM

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BMP

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Very Very pretty !!I cant wait to try one, it will have to wait until after the holidays.

12-02-2010, 04:32 PM

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sewingladydi

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It's so cute

12-02-2010, 04:34 PM

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suebee

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Originally Posted by grann of 6

What do you think of this? I did pretty good, huh??? So here are the techniques I used after sewing the blocks together and cutting and putting them back together...SID quilting, backing used as binding, folded to front and used the quick & easy miter tool on the corners, glue basted and topstitched using walking foot.

Love this. I just bought my rulers (both sizes) cant wait to make some of these. Great job, it is really pretty and you did a GREAT job quilting. Thank you for sharing.

12-02-2010, 05:55 PM

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mommafank

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Very pretty. Good job.

12-02-2010, 06:28 PM

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lucylockett

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Grann
That is very nice! I tried it, but mine didn't turn out half as nice. I cut my own squares and used too many busy prints! But the process was enjoyable!