pinwheel blocks

Garden Panel Quilt from From My Carolina Home

Last month at the guild meeting, I found a garden panel that I thought would make a nice charity quilt. I had no plans to use it right away until the call went out for bunk bed quilts for the Safelight shelter. I pulled out the panel, and started looking at the stash to see what could go with it.

No, none of these will do. All of them are too busy or the wrong color.

I measured the panel, and then noted how big I needed the finished quilt to be. This would tell me what I needed to ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 4 months ago. under charity , panel quilt , pinwheel blocks , quilting (Comments)

Oh Scrap! : Pinwheels from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Our September Board Meeting is coming up next week so I did not get much of a chance to play with scraps.

But I did get a few more of my pinwheel blocks finished. I have 15 blocks finished to date. I think I am going to make this quilt 60 x 70" (the blocks are 10" square). So I still have a lot more blocks to go.

I really like the gray and blue color combination!

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It is now your turn to share what you are making with scraps. Here are the details for linking up:

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added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks

Oh Scrap! : More Pinwheels from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This week, I dealt with a huge pile of scraps that has been bugging me for quite some time. We are cutting up scraps for the upcoming sew day, for items for our craft fair, for RWB string blocks and for my pinwheel blocks.

I ended up with 5 more framed pinwheel blocks. Not a lot to show for all the cutting I did but the pile of scraps is a lot smaller. I still have a lot more scraps to cut but it doesn't look quite so daunting!

Hoping for more progress next week!

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added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 6 months, 4 weeks ago. under many hands and many hearts , oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks

Oh Scrap! : Pinwheels from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Sorry I didn't share any finished quilts this week. But I ran out of treated quilt labels. The table I use to add mod podge to the labels is completely covered with fabric, scraps, and who knows what else. Hopefully by the end of the weekend, I will get it cleared off.

Then there will be a whole lot of finishes to share!

Lately, I have been seeing so many quilts with pinwheels. I finally decided to give in and get out some scraps to make some. I have a bunch of slate blue fabric I would like to ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 7 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , scrap quilting

Pretty Pinwheels from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Another week - Another finish!

I love when you find yourself in a finishing mode. Some months you feel like you are making no progress and then all of a sudden, blocks are going together into quilt tops and you have a stack of quilts to sew the binding on.

This week I finished up my RSC pinwheel quilt. These pinwheels were all made using the trimmed triangles from two of my RSC Well Suited quilts I made this year.

The sashing and cornerstones all came out of the scrap bin too. I used a narrow sashing in the blocks and ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 5 months ago. under finished quilt , pinwheel blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , scrap quilting

Oh Scrap! : Still Making Progress from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I didn't find myself with a whole lot of time to sew this week but I did get a few more blocks completed for one of my RSC projects.

I made two of these color blocks in brown. My brown bin is overflowing so I decided to add a few to my quilt top. I am using 2" strips and trimming them up to 12" square.

I also realized my gray bin is stuffed too so I made a single block.

I think that leaves me with needing to make three more blocks. Hopefully I will get them finished ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 5 months ago. under color block quilt , oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , rainbow scrap challenge

Oh Scrap! : Still Making Progress from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

This last week I continued to work on finishing blocks for a few of my scrappy projects.

Look what I found! I knew I had made four of these Chaser blocks last week. I found this missing one in a wrong stack of blocks.

I finished five more of my Well Suited blocks. I think I now have just two more blocks to complete and I can start sewing the quilt top together. I have to admit, I am getting pretty bored of this project so I am super happy to winding it up soon.

I also used some of ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 6 months ago. under chaser block , color block quilt , oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , scrap mixology , scrap quilting , well suited

Oh Scrap! : Scrappy Block Progress from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I have been spending quite a bit of time lately in my sewing room.

I finished up nine more of my Well Suited blocks. I have been working on this RSC quilt all year and have decided I just want to get it done.

I think I want a 7 x 9 layout so that means I need 22 more blocks. I think I have 13 blocks cut and waiting to sew. I might have to raid some stash pieces to find some solid colors (for the geese) that I haven't used yet. So far all of these have ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 6 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , scrap mixology , scrap quilting , well suited

Oh Scrap! : Time for Purple from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The RSC color for June is purple - my favorite color!

So the very first blocks I made in purple are my Well Suited blocks. These blocks are made using one of my Scrap Mixology patterns.

Here is how all the finished blocks look together right now. This quilt is going to look very different than a lot of the other quilts I made using the same pattern. You can see some here and here.

I still need to finish my pinwheel blocks. I am using the bonus triangles from the geese component to make these little cuties. Hopefully I will ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 9 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , plus quilt , rainbow scrap challenge , scrap mixology , well suited

Oh Scrap! : Focused on Scraps from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Even though I have been trying to spend a lot of time outdoors, this week I have been also focused on sewing up some scraps.

I found a few more solid colors to make some more postage stamp blocks. These are becoming a bit tedious to sew - and to cut all the pieces. For the prints, I am really trying to focus on finding some of the most unloved scraps I have. So these blocks are really taking a lot of time to complete.

I organized them all up on the design wall. I still need four more blocks. I ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 11 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , postage stamp block , rainbow scrap challenge , scrap mixology , scrap quilting , well suited

Oh Scrap! : Springtime Green from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I am certainly enjoying spring - both outside and in my sewing room. The RSC color for March is green and I finished quite a few blocks this week. Yay!

I added a few more postage stamp blocks to the stack...

I gave them a quick count - hoping I was almost finished with them. But I only have 26 completed out of a needed 42 blocks. I am going to have to do another "solids" search so I can finish a bunch more blocks.

I completed my four Well Suited blocks in green for one of my 2021 Rainbow Scrap Challenge ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , postage stamp block , rainbow scrap challenge , scrap mixology , well suited

Oh Scrap! : Not Much to Share from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Springtime keeps teasing us here in the PNW so I find myself wanting to be outside whenever the sun is out. Lots of cleanup to do so all the gardens are ready to plant soon.

I did get my green scraps out and started cutting for all my RSC blocks. I finished sewing two of my postage stamp blocks and one of my Well Suited blocks. The tiny pinwheel is made with the bonus triangles from the flying geese - gotta use every last bit!

Most of my sewing time lately is spent sewing all the Covered in Love blocks together ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , postage stamp block , scrap mixology , scrap quilting , well suited

Oh Scrap! : Pinwheels from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I love it when I arrive at a plan!

I have a bunch of these cute little 4.5" pinwheel blocks in blue stacked up on my ironing board.

They are leftover bonus triangles from this scrappy quilt I made.

This year I decided to make a similar quilt for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge so I am ending up with even more little pinwheels.

Well, I finally decided to combine the two projects into these cute pinwheel blocks. Each block will have two blue and two RSC pinwheels. So far, I have completed pink and yellow. I also plan on ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years, 1 month ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , scrap mixology , scrap quilting

Oh Scrap! : Let the Scraps Lead from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I still have been busy sewing up blocks for a number of scrap quilts that are in the works.

The main project I have been working on is my blue Well Suited blocks.

As I make the flying geese components for the center, I have been using those bonus triangles to make a bunch of cute pinwheel blocks. They look so cute all stacked up!

I only have about 6 more blocks to finish and then I can play a bit more with the layout and sew up the blocks. But I kept thinking about those cute little pinwheels....

Then ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years, 4 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , scrap mixology , scrap quilting , scrap quilts , well suited

Oh Scrap! : So Many Projects from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

The last few days have been filled with lots of scraps!

I cut and sewed two more of my postage stamp "pixel" blocks. I now have four done so that leaves 11 more to do. This is definitely a project where I am now asking myself...

"What was I thinking!"

I added some low volume pieces to the red and blue scraps I cut last week. I have been mindlessly sewing them into blocks. They go together quickly so I already have enough to make a quilt top.

I have also been sewing away on my blue version of my ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years, 4 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , scrap mixology , scrap quilting , well suited

Oh Scrap! : More Scrap Blocks from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Winterizing my gardens have taken most of my time this week, but I did get a few more scrappy blocks finished. I am still working through my yellow scraps for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects.

I finished up my 14 yellow HRT blocks. These measure 4 x 8". I did decide to make all the blocks go the same direction so no diamond shapes on this quilt..

I added the yellow blocks to my design wall.

I am running out of room! I need to move some of them around so I can add in new colors in 2021.

I ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years, 5 months ago. under oh scrap! , pinwheel blocks , rainbow quilt , rainbow scrap challenge , scrap quilting

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