Prairie Pinwheels in bloom
Quilt Name:
“Prairie Pinwheels in Bloom”
Designer:
Mara Hasbargen
Plagiarized from the pinwheel pattern found the on Pintrest and the stem pattern from
“My Fabric Garden” in the Feb. 2013 issue of “Quilters World Magazine”.
Size:
56 x 62
Machine Quilted By:
Carla Eggerstedt
Date Constructed:
The top was made at the May 2013 Quilt Retreat
The hand stitching on the binding was completed August 2013
This was fabric I had in my stash for many years. When I went to the retreat, I had no plan, other than I had these pieces of fabric that I wanted to try the continuous Prairie Point, and the Origami Pinwheel ideas I had found on Pintrest. I made the Prairie points first. Making the Prairie Points in a continuous strip was very easy and went quickly. This is the first time I have ever made my binding before I even had a plan for the quilt it would go on.
I was practicing the origami pinwheels, not knowing what I was going to do with them when we found the pattern in the magazine that would make perfect stems. I did the math to resize my pinwheels from a 4” block to a 7” block so they would fit the stem block pattern.
While I was making this quilt I discovered I had made a mistake and a row of stems had the leaves going the opposite direction. I decided to make every other row "wrong". I think it gave the quilt more character. I added the pearls in the center of each pinwheel to give it a more finished look. After I added the first pearl, it was evident that the “Flowers” needed them.
This quilt was fun to make!
By Marla
