Pinwheels

Ok, here's one more for you. i really don't remember where this pattern came from. it was pieced years ago and had been marinating in the cabinet...just waiting for me to pick it next. so it's time finally came.

I have been doing so many Quiltazoid patterns and overall designs and pantos that it is a wonder i haven't forgotten how to do custom work. (in fact, i had...i'll explain later).

This is about 52" square. the center and border have dragonflies on them.

Here's a closer look at the dragonflies. this middle part was done with the QZ. 4 large spirograph designs in the corners and a different design in the middle. probably can't see much from the front.

You can see the quilting on the back much better than the front. i did different feathers in the outside border than i did in the middle.

And here i think you can see my boo-boo. LOL  in the feathers around the pinwheels i did one side at a time...traveling around the quilt. but i didn't pay attention to what i was doing and after i had quilted one side of feathers i realized i had them going in opposite directions....insert bad words here.....but i was NOT frogging that. so i just proceeded along and did the rest of them in opposite directions. UNTIL i got to the 3rd side.....and then i did them in opposite directions but OPPOSITE of what i had done previously in the last 2 sides. sheesh....this was fast becoming one whole mess. so i just finished the 4th side and didn't worry about it. no 2 sides are alike...nothing matches. but, hey, it is quilted...dang it!

Now that i see it off the frame and all finished....i realize that i should have quilted 1/4" inside the pinwheels also to frame them out a bit better. all i did was SID around them and i think they needed a bit more. it's sure a good thing this wasn't a customer quilt....i'd still be froggin'.

Oh, and that yellow sashing around the middle block and the outside...is a freehand kind of thing. i just went all the way down the row twice and then came back and went up and down across the row...no marking...no measuring...winging it. i kind of like it. do you think i just like it because it was fast and easy? i don't know....but i like it.

Now i believe everything in my cabinet of mine that i need to quilt are larger...all the smaller sizes are gone. see...poor planning again....i should have STARTED with the larger ones and the downhill slide to finishing up would have seemed quicker with smaller ones to do. will i never learn?

Now, learn from my goofs and go and quilt....correctly. LOL