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Quilting: Pinwheel Polka
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Pinwheel Polka

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Quick-Strip Paper Piecing »

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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Accessory

For: Infant/Baby

Style: Traditional, Cute


What was your inspiration?

All of the bright Circus type colors make this a very stimulating quilt for babies. The ducks in sailboats fabric used for the wide border treatment is also the backing for this quilt. It is quilted with stitch-in-the-ditch around the large on-point squares and the pinwheels, The wide border edging as a meandering wave elike line weaving in and out of the boats in a non-stop pattern.

What are you most proud of?

Being able to find the light blue and yellow fabrics with the exact same paint splatter patterns, and the red has shooting stars throughout the material in the same colors as is in the blue and yellow splattered material. The dark blue fabric with ducklings in sailboats gave inspiraton to all the other fabrics used in this quilt.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Relax and have fun with it. You'll be surprised how much fun it is to make.! I was.

 

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Ginger Freeman on craftsy.com
Sep 18, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Great choices in fabric colors.
JanJo on craftsy.com
Sep 19, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks ever so much, was very fun to do.
JanJo on craftsy.com
Sep 17, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Marlene. Now that I've worked the pattern I like it much better than just seeing a picture of it.
qwltngrny5 on craftsy.com
Sep 17, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love your Pinwheel Polka Quilt. Good choice of fabrics. Marlene
JanJo on craftsy.com
Sep 17, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Marlene, Now that I've made it I like the pattern much better.
Peggy Martin on craftsy.com
Peggy Martin
Craftsy Instructor
Sep 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I love the happy colors in your Pinwheel Polka quilt - those fabrics are so perfect for a baby! Nice work!
Pamillia on craftsy.com
Sep 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
A really cute quilt. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing.