Pinwheels

About a year or so ago, my knit group did a pinwheel exchange. We all used the same white background fabric and other fabric had to be a polka dot. We each ended up with around 100 different pinwheels. Well they’ve been sitting in a box waiting for me to figure out what to do with them. Some of the women in the exchange have finished their quilts. I wish I had some pictures to show you but I don’t.

Here are some of the pinwheels.

They really are awesome. I was going through my files for inspiration one day and just happened upon a pattern that I had ripped out of an old Quilters Newsletter. The pattern had the little pinwheels going around larger pinwheels in a diagonal setting. I liked the idea and set about trying to find two fabrics that I already owned that would work for the larger pinwheels.

This is what I came up with.

I like both of the fabrics in the larger pinwheels, especially the tealish, floral one. But something isn’t right. My friend Susan came by today and she had the perfect solution. Take out the little dot that is paired with the floral and replace it with the same white that we used in the little pinwheels. Brilliant. I had to make a couple just to see if it would work and ……….

It totally ties everything together and gives it that fresh, modern feel that is so popular these days. I’ve really been in the mood to sew lately which is kind of insane seeing that Liza and I are leaving for New Zealand tomorrow. We will be gone for 2 1/2 weeks and I don’t know if I’ll be able to blog from there. Would be pretty cool if I could. We shall see. If not, have a great month and happy sewing.