Disappearing pinwheel
02-06-2014, 12:02 PM
#51
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Really beautiful quilt! I watched this video, too, thanks to someone who posted the link, and now I can't wait to make some of these blocks. I've had another pattern in mind as my next project but this one has seduced me so I think it will be next. It's such a clever quick way to make a block.....and a great looking quilt! Yours is gorgeous, as I said.
02-06-2014, 02:49 PM
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Just to add a little more info on making the 'disappearing pinwheel'.....if you don't like working with bias edges, then make your beginning pinwheel the normal way, then do the cutting as the video shows and you will be working with straight edges. A quilter in my guild figured that out. I did it with bias edges. You just have to be careful and not stretch the edges. Doing it the other way you can come up with a size that evenly divides for the cross-cutting instead of an odd fraction that makes it a little difficult to get all the cut up squares the same. I started with 12 1/2" sqs and came out with 15 1/4" unfinished. The video starts with 10" sqs.
Hope this isn't too confusing.
Hope this isn't too confusing.
02-06-2014, 07:34 PM
#56
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I really like your quilt. I think I like it better matching than the scrappy ones I have seen. I am going to have to try this when I get my blocks made for the boom swap.
Last edited by Jannie; 02-06-2014 at 07:36 PM.
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