Sunday, August 25, 2013

Ninepatch Pinwheel #7

Rocky Mountain House




To make a Ninepatch Pinwheel block I start with a design on a ninepatch grid. And then determine the piecing.


I pick some colors. Then I use four of the block to make a kind of pinwheel.




Then I play with fabric colors and the block setting to see what sorts of quilt designs I can discover.











I've named this Ninepatch Pinwheel block after Rocky Mountain House in my home province of Alberta. I am delighted with how the quilts it produces are so different from each other.

7 comments:

  1. Hi Wayne,
    This one is my favorite so far... maybe because I have family in Rocky, but also because it captures the flavor of the place (actually not my favorite town though). Good job.

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  2. Elsie

    I'll be doing a trunk show in Rocky Mountain House in the middle of October. The 18th if my memory is any good.

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  3. This is a beautiful pattern. Can you tell me how where I can find the instructions

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    1. The only pattern there is, is what you see here. Assign a size to the grid and work from that.

      If you are hesitant to start cutting fabric, try coloring in the squares on graph paper to learn how it goes together.

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    2. I'm sorry to hear that.
      Which of the 4 versions were you trying to work through? And at what point did you find it difficult to follow how one step lead to the next?

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  4. I really like the #7 pinwheel in the purples and green. Can you show the nine patch block in those colors? I may not use those colors but I really like the arrangement.

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