Purple Pinwheels

Here's my very first finish for 2013!

A quilt that began ONLY because

someone gave me her leftover triangles

from a quilt she had made!

I began by sewing them into pinwheels...

and kept going!!!

I RARELY know where a quilt is going to take me!

It's always an ADVENTURE!!!

 

I DID learn while making this quilt...

that pinwheels LIKE to go the same way!

Hopefully I'll put my thinking cap on

the next time I attempt pinwheels.

:/

You'll notice MINE don't GO the same way!

Ah well.....

I marched on and finished it!

I doubt the new owner will have

ANY idea the mistake I made!!!

LOL!!!

 

Pretty vines!

Loop-de-loop lines in the quilting!

and.....

Almost READY to give away!!!

 

I'll be stitching the binding down this week!

 

We're getting away as a family

RIGHT before

school, work and schedules!!!

 

Have a great weekend!

Forgetful

When packing sewing projects

for an unexpected trip to help an ill relative....

I forgot ONE thing!

(The ingredients for one little block!)

An important thing when making a QUILT!!!

 

I was NOT going to let that little block stop me!

I sashed the blocks adding cornerstones

and EVEN added two small borders!!

 

I'm OFF to fill the HOLE!!!

and then...

I can get going on some more BORDERS!!!

This quilt needs to GROW!

;)

Windy Day!

When I began piecing these hand-me-down

half square triangles....

I didn't have my thinking cap on.

Surprised???

Me neither!!!

;)

 

Some pinwheels are going this way..

and some are going another!!!

 

I've made a decision!

It doesn't matter which way the wind blows!!!

 

I'm not fixing A THING!

 

I think with some sashing,

cornerstones,

and maybe some other kind of DISTRACTION...

No one will notice!

 

And...

YOU won't be telling...

Will you?

pinwheels!

I was able to get all my pinwheels together!!

I love 'em.

This quilt top...so far....measures 59"x46".

But, I want it to be bigger.

I had planned on adding some concentric square blocks

around the outside of this...

Aren't they pretty?

But, after playing around with these yesterday
I had an idea!!


What if I add a strip of the little triangles around
the border??
Yes.
I like it.

Guess I'll be cutting some triangles this weekend.
:)

And....
look at what I found languishing at the thrift store.
A little unfinished project.
The decorative stitching is all done...but that's it.
I had to buy it.
50 cents.

Don't you think it will make a cute pillow?
Me too.