Pinwheel Quilt Top

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was testing out my Mom's Accuquilt.  

I wanted to turn this fabric into pinwheels.  

I cut it into strips parallel to the selvage.  

Then I paired it with Kona White and ran it through the AccuQuilt with the 4.5 inch HST die.  

I was able to cut out enough HST for forty pinwheels with very little waste out of the yard and a half of fabric.  

But I really wanted 42 pinwheels.  I just needed four more squares.  So I sewed the scraps together.  

I ran those through the AccuQuilt with white and got enough HST to complete two more blocks.  

After finishing the four wedding quilts I was in the mood to piece all the pinwheels.  I loved how easy it was to piece them accurately without squaring them up afterwards.  I put all the HST up on the design wall from the darkest blue down to the darkest green.  (The scrappy HST were all mixed in.)

I moved things around for a couple days.  The changes were pretty subtle.  

The HST with yellow made some things a bit difficult.  I changed them around even more when I sewed the HST into pinwheels.  

Then I added white sashing.  I cut 8.5 inch wide WOF strips.  Then I used the 2.5 inch strip die to cross cut the sashing.  I figured if I had it, I might as well try it.  I thought it worked great!  

The pinwheels look different with the sashing.  But I'm so pleased with how it looks with just two fabrics.  

Then all I had to do was add the border, which I cut out a little wider than the sashing.  

I will definitely be making more HST quilts cut out with the AccuQuilt!  

I'm excited to quilt it up, but have had to wait for white batting.  COVID has slowed down many things.  

XX,

Jasmine