wesing

Don't be discouraged; your quilt looks great! I wouldn't call it busy, just active. If you want to calm it down, try a narrow white border, than a fairly wide solid border from one of your pinwheel fabrics. But I think once you quilt it, then drape/gather it on your swing, it won't look so busy. Try it out by draping the unfinished top on your swing. Either way, you've done a great job.

Darren

cowgirlquilter

I think they are beautiful. You did a great job!!!!

Judith1005

I love your pinwheels. I love the colors. Two thumbs up!! I have made many pinwheels and they have ALL been a learning experience. I'm not sure what your asking for suggestions on. But, I think I would keep the border in a plain color. So that your pinwheels SOAR!

Retired Fire Chief

The time you spent matching them was well worth the effort, you quilt top is very pretty. Great job! Your reward for all the hard work will be cuddling with the beauty.

Debbie C

I think it's lovely, summery and bright! My very first quilt was a pinwheel with gorgeous lilac Waverly fabrics. I had no idea what I was doing and, sure there were some mistakes, but my daughter loved it anyway and still does. I'd bought so much of the co-ordinating fabrics that I had more than enough left over for matching shams and boutique pillows. She uses it to this very day!

Geri B

Maybe the fact that you were joining those blocks with bias edges was what made you anxious? I always do HST the old fashioned way.....squares cut diagonally or strips of fabrice cut into the triangle then sewn together or if I am doing a lot of them triangles on a roll or tangles works for me. As far as that bulky center, that can be "twirled" into a tiny pinwheel to eliminate that volcano seam.

Holice

Pinwheels are easy if you do them the wat I do.

coopah

I haven't read all the comments, but don't ya just love it when a pattern is graded "easy" and turns out to be anything but easy? Your pinwheels are lovely and now the worst is over for you! What a pleasure to have them done! Yippee Skippy!! On to the next part. Kudos to you for hanging in with the project!
Holice, What method do you use? Love the pinwheel look, but not the hassle of all the points meeting. I've tried Jennie Doan's method (turned out so-so) and just the squares cut in 1/2, so I'm curious as to how you do them.

mjhaess

They are just wonderful....Love the busy.....

katykwilt

OK, I guess I did something wrong. My niece wants a quilt for the little one she is adopting. Her ideas include squares that to me, can be made into pinwheels. So, I grabbed two fabrics to see if I could streamline this a bit. I can always use an extra square or two for pillows or for a charity quilt. I cut two 10.5" squares, sewed them right sides together around the outside. Cut the square diagonally both ways, pressed them and re-stitched into a pinwheel. The block came out slightly larger than 12 inches which allowed me to square it (and 11 others) up nicely and made them into a quilt. I didn't find it difficult -- I think the trick is in the pressing. If you are worried about matching the seams to the next block, you could use a sashing.