Thanks to all the advice I got on here this one is finished. I like it much better in person. I know it's busy, but it just looks happy to me.

Pattern: 3 yd pattern from Fabric Cafe - "Pin Wheel Quilt" - added sashing around blocks so came out a bit bigger than planned. Pattern lists size as 41 3/4" X 53 1/4. Mine is 46 1/2 X 61". (bigger is better - I often add extra borders or sashing to these patterns just to make them a bit bigger.) (3 yd pattern - uses 1 yard of each of three different fabrics. Usually one focus and two blenders. I didn't quite follow that.)

Fabric: Moda Berry Delicious. with some polka dot and solid red thrown in.

Quilted by using a scallop stitch around the ditches.

Cute! Bright and happy looking. Great job!

Very nicely done.

:thumbup: what a truley cheery cherry bunch of pinwheels! i've been playing with pinwheels for the past two weeks - i've learned sooo much by just doing it over and over and over again!!!! flew by the seat of my pants on the first one (mini-quilt) took me a week to get it all together, plus make myself a pattern to follow for the next go round. learned s0000 much! so, the second week i started a new one i cut from the pattern i had made - finished it in two days! i'm really getting into this now, like i have it in my blood - and have created all these new brain paths and eye hand co-ordinations!!! i jumped in with both feet this time and drug out my eight spoked stack and wack quilt cuts - i'm really steamin' now, (rumble, rumble) and i lay out the dreaded stack and wack, eight sided, pinwheel design - just like i've learned through the last week and put the two right sides together and sew, like i know i can, press, then pick up the next two peices and sew them together, with my quilting teacher sitting on my ear and whispering. . .iron, and join these two pieces if you think you're so smart and. . .they don't line up- - -the rectangle and the triangle that's supposed to cross it making another triangle to be cut off- -isn't there!!!!!
rather it's some abomination of a triangle that doesn't measure
out prop e r l y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the original thread with suggestions about how to handle these busy prints.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-138654-1.htm

I couldn't find a blue that went wtih the teal that's predominant. The quilt shop owner suggested the polka dot with the red binding and I went with that.

Jonniekinney - I don't quite get what trouble you're having with the pinwheels. If you can take a picture and post it asking for help I'm sure you'll get lots of good advice.

for making pinwheels there is great tUtoriAL ON MISSOURI QUILTS THEY COME OUT PERFECT

So cute.

Love the quilt!

Its adorable!

Love the way you solved your dilemma! This is so pretty!!