Vintage Quilts Pattern
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Vintage Quilts
From Vintage Quilts
Annual 1998 Issue

Scrappy Pinwheel
Owned by Beth Hayes

Sense the movement of hundreds of pinwheels blowing in a summer breeze in this ultimate scrap quilt. With more than 4,000 triangles required to make the blocks, you're sue to make a dent in your stash.

FINISHED QUILT SIZE
70" x 79"

Scrappy Pinwheel

NUMBER OF BLOCKS (Finished size)
598 Pinwheel Blocks 3" x 3"

PLANNING THE QUILT
Call your friends and collect print scraps to make this easy cutey. You can proudly show your quilt and tell them it contains 4,784 triangles ÐÐ and you finished it without losing your mind!

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS
White solid (blocks, binding) ... 5 1/2 yds.
Assorted prints (blocks) ... 5 yds. total
Backing ... 5 yds.
Batting ... Double size

OTHER MATERIALS
Sewing thread
Quilting thread (hand quilting)
Monofilament thread (machine quilting)

 CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS
White solid
   1196 squares 2 3/8" x 2 3/8"
Assorted prints ... cut a total of:
   598 pairs of 2 3/8" x 2 3/8" squares

PIECING THE BLOCKS
1. On wrong side of white 2 3/8" square, draw diagonal line with marking tool of your choice. Referring to Diagram I, place white square on print 2 3/8" square, right sides together. Sew 1/4 seam on each side of marked line; cut apart on marked line. Press open to make pieced squares. Make 4 matching for each block.
2. Quilting thread (hand quilting) Stitch matching pieced squares together to make Pinwheel Block (see Diagram II). Make 598 total.

Diagram I
Make 4 for each block
Diagram I		 Diagram II
Make 598
Diagram II

QUILT TOP ASSEMBLY
3. Referring to Assembly Diagram, stitch 26 rows of 23 Pinwheel Blocks each. Sew rows together.

Assembly Diagram
Assembly Diagram

QUILTING AND FINISHING
4. *Layer and baste quilt top for quilting method of your choice. Quilt as desired.
5. *Bind quilt with white solid fabric.
* see Quiltmaking Lessons

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