Last week I showed you how to make the first part of the pinwheel blocks. After you've sewn your four half square triangles (HSTs) together you'll have a pinwheel block. Lots of quilts can be made with just this block, but I chose to take mine a step further. Last week I mentioned that I used three charm packs for this quilt. I chose to use the more solid colored charm squares as my pinwheels and used the more patterned pieces as the background fabric. The first part of the block uses one and one print squares to create your pinwheel.
Next I took the remaining two squares of print, cut those in half, and added them to the pinwheels.
Ignoring the fact that my block has magically changed colors this is what the finished block looks like. (Did I mention you're making 24 of these pinwheel blocks?)
Have you considered submitting this to moda bake shop when it's made? I would have never thought about adding the 2nd layer to make a pinwheel in a square. You could even use a 3rd fabric. If you do submit, show the construction technique! Really clever!
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