This is the "Li'l Twister" version of the funky pinwheel quilt I made before. Whereas the original Twister pattern uses 10 inch squares to start, this version uses 5 inch charm squares. Here's what the charm squares looked like, all put together...
I used two Christmas fabric charm packs that I had found on sale at Quilts Etc and then added more red fabrics from my stash. I really like the addition of blue to the traditional holiday green and red. Most of the blue fabrics have snowmen on them. After assembling the squares, the pattern calls for bordering them with strips of another fabric. I found one that looks like tiny snowballs...
Then, the real fun begins!
With this smaller size of ruler, this second cutting step is the weirdest combination of fun and tedium. Fun because the pattern begins to develop in the newly cut squares. Tedium because I had to cut around that ruler 90 times! Whew! I've decided that I won't be making any big quilts with tiny pinwheels. 90 cuts is my limit. Here are the newly cut squares ready to be reassembled....
As you can see in the finished picture above, I added another white border and then a deep red one to bring the quilt up to a usable size. I quilted it simply as there was already so much going on in the design.
Zade decided that I needed a little extra help with this quilt. While I as pinning the quilt together for machine quilting, she appropriated the leftover backing. lol.
So, I have finished one of the three Christmas quilts I planned for this year. Never too early to start getting ready for Christmas!
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The little pinwheels might be a fun way to do joey's tree skirt. I hope I get to it this year! :)
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