Monday 17 January 2011

Jolly Pinwheels

While on holidays I've been on a bit of a mission to finish some of the quilt tops I 
started last year. One which is now ready for quilting is this pinwheel quilt. 


The bright Christmas fabric is Mary Engelbreit's Isn't Christmas Jolly so I'm calling this one Jolly Pinwheels.



 I used 3 charm packs to make this quilt ... could have used 2 but I wanted more red in it (Rather partial to red if you hadn't noticed!)

 
I used the method explained in this video to construct the pinwheels. 


 
 Basically you put a charm square and a plain square wrong sides together, sew around the four sides then cut into 4 triangles ... easy peasy!

31 comments:

  1. Oh, how pretty... I love Mary Engelbreit and how you've used this particular line! Can't wait to see it quilted...

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  2. Very very cute! HUGS...and stitches

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  3. Oh, a wonderful quilt and yes, easy peasy method.

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  4. Looks great, Christine. White makes the pattern stand out beautifully!

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  5. Gorgeous Christine. Bright & fresh looking. Hugs,

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  6. Looks fantastic, Christine.

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  7. That is gorgeous. Just watched the video and how amazing is that. Now will have to try it.
    Thanks for sharing the link.

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  8. Oooh, pinwheels! One of my good friends LOVES pinwheels so much that I got her a pinwheel brooch for Christmas. I'll have to show her this post. BTW They look fabulous! I love how you put them on point.

    Happy quilting,
    Susan in Texas

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  9. Christine, thats gorgeous......pinwheel blocks are so simple and yet look so effective. The white background makes the quilt look so fresh. Love the border. Anne

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  10. I like your pinwheel quilt! Good choice on the fabrics.

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  11. Very wonderful!I love the border
    Monica

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  12. Gorgeous quilt-top! Love pinwheels! :-)

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  13. I Love the sound of that Technique..much simpler..Lovely Quilt top..Great Border too.
    cheers

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  14. Absolutely lovely! So cheery! Thanks for sharing!

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  15. looks great Christine I got the charms pkts just havent done them yet :)

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  16. Just beautiful. Love the colors. I must try your pinwheel technique.

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  17. I love this border - I put one like it on a quilt I recently made also - it finishes a quilt so nicely!
    Karen
    http://karensquilting.com/blog/

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  18. What a beautiful quilt top! That's how I made the last pinwheels I did and it was so easy! :0)

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  19. I just watched that video, Thanks so much for sharing it I can't wait to try it! Cute pinwheel quilt!

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  20. It is gorgeous! I love the red in the quilt.

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  21. Christine the quilt is fantastic. I love it.

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  22. What a beautiful quilt! I really like the Mary Engelbreit prints. Happy, happy!

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  23. Thank you for your suggesting! It's so clever to construct a pinwheel in this way!! I've never been on this blog before, actually I'm new on blogging... your quilts and colour choices are stunning!
    Greetings from Italy, Tiziana http://blogtizy.blogspot.com/

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  24. What a happy quilt! I love the red fabrics and the piano key border.

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  25. Your quilt top is really pretty!

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  26. so cheery...I love pinwheels

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  27. Good morning mrs. Christine, congratulations on your wonderful blog. Beautiful really.
    My name is Silvia I am from Brazil. I live in the south of the country, colonized by Germans, I'm retiring and I have two grown children. Then I started to sew and a weaver. I'm learning and I always need help and ideas. I like making new friends and practice my English too. I invite you to know my blog and follow me.
    Good Week
    Silvia Lückmann

    http://tearpiaocupacional.blogspot.com/

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  28. i love your quilt.i'm new to patchwork but i'm going to give it a try as i have just bought some charm squares. i've bookmarked this page. Thanks for sharing with us it really inspires me to see other peoples work even though i'm only a beginner. thx pippax

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Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your thoughts.

Christine