a better way.

I don't know about you,

But I learn a lot by DOING.

I can follow a pattern...sometimes.

But...I really like to experiment and

FIGURE THINGS OUT myself!

It's kind of empowering,

Don't you think?

So...

last week I began cutting those stripes.

I first cut some blocks and then made 2 diagonal cuts.

I did blog about it here.

After deciding that I really liked those pinwheels,

I realized I only want the stripes going ONE way....

Not two.

So I figured out how to do it!

Hooray!!

Sarah did try to steer me to a book for instruction,

but I didn't make it to the library or bookstore...

And I was kind of anxious to move ahead.

You know me!

I cut my stripe 3" wide.

Used the 45 degree line on my ruler....
And began at the fold!!
That way I'll have a triangle there too!

cut.
cut.
cut.
45 degrees
45 degrees.



There's the fold....
Opened up of course.



A whole fleet of pinwheels.

Will you be making a striped quilt this summer?
Let me know.
I'll add your name to the sidebar there
and then on Thursday I'll draw a winner
for a few of my 1/4 yd striped fabric pieces!!...
Then you'll have little bit of fabric to get you going!!

So far, the odds are very good for the
quilters that signed up for the challenge!!