This sampler has 12 blocks in it, all of them made from a pinwheel block cut into a 9-patch block an rearranged to obtain 11 different blocks. More variations are possible.
Quilt size
56 inches x 42 inches
Block size
The block is 10 1/4 inch square.
How to make a disappearing pinwheel block
Learn how to make a disappearing pinwheel block and its many variations in less than 2 minutes:
Materials for one disappearing pinwheel block
- Two 9 3/8 inch squares in contrasting fabrics
Notes
The initial 4 half square triangles (HST) obtained need to be trimmed to 6 inch squares.
Block tutorials
Make 12 blocks:
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 1
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 2
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 3
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 4
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 5
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 6
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 7
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 8
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 9
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 10
Disappearing pinwheel block – variation 11 – make 2 blocks in different colours.
Finish the blocks
Add a border to each block.
For each block cut in white fabric:
- 2 strips 10 1/4 x 2 1/2 inch
- 2 strips 14 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch
And sew as shown on the picture below.
Free motion quilting
Each block is quilted individually with free motion quilting.
Learn how to do free motion quilting tutorial in just over 2 minutes:
How to do Quilt-as-you-go (QAYG)
This quilt is put together with quilt-as-you-go (QAYG).
The finished sashing width for this project is 1/2 inch. Learn the technique in under 3 minutes:
Materials
For the one block sandwich
- A piece of backing fabric the same size as the block (I used half square triangles for some blocks to make a star)
- A piece of batting 1 inch larger than the block
- One finished block
For the sashing
- One strip of sashing fabric 1 1/8 inch x the length of the block side
- 1 strip of sashing fabric 1 3/4 inch x the length of the block side
Flange binding
The binding length is 170 inches.
The quilt is finished with machine binding and a flange.
This is how you add faux piping to your quilt:
Machine binding
And finally, sew the binding by machine.
Learn in 3 minute how to sew the binding to the quilt:
The blocks you can make with this tutorial may not have perfect points. But it is a fun way to experiment with half square triangles.
