Pattern Pattern
all to be trimmed and all to be
spring
Spring Carnival
Main Attraction,Three-Dimensional Pinwheels!
pressed together.
Designed and Made by Terri McNeill and Rebecca Todd
STEP ONE: LARGE PINWHEELS
Finished Size: 48”x58” (122cm x 148cm)
The large pinwheel triangles get
Block Size 12” (30cm)
sewn into the seams when joining
Read through pattern thoroughly before beginning to cut or sew.
black and white background
Carnival
Materials
squares.
2 ½ yds (2.3m) black background for blocks, borders, binding
1. Place pinwheel triangle
onto right side of a black
1 yd (1m) white for background
background square, as seen in
10 fat quarters of various brights for pinwheels and prairie points diagram.
¼ yd (.25m) (9” x width of fabric (WOF)) blue border
The folded/sewn edge of the
triangle needs to be a generous
¼“ form the top edge of the
CuttinG inStruCtiOnS
square while the raw edge of
Black (see cutting diagram) triangle must line up with right
Cut 4 strips 6½” x WOF , cross-cut each strip into six 6½” squares (24 in total)
hand edge of square. Pin in
Cut 4 strips 5½” x length of fabric
Cut 5 strips 2½” x length of fabric
place.
2. Lay a white background square
right side down, aligning
all edges and sew together
through all layers.
3. Repeat for two in every colour
White
Cut four 6 ½” x WOF strips , cross-cut each strip into 6 x 6 ½ “ (24 in total)
for each large pinwheel.
The next step is to put these
Border 1
Cut five 1½” x WOF strips
two-patch units together into
four-patch blocks, creating the
Pinwheels (10 of each colour; two colours to be repeated for 12 pinwheels)
Cut one 5” x WOF , cross cut into four 5” squares
full pinwheel.
Cut one 3 ½ “ x WOF, cross cut into four 3½” squares
TIP
Prairie Points
Cut remaining fat quarters fabric into 3” squares Throughout this quilt,
press triangle to the
PIECING
black squares and seam
allowance toward the
1.Fold all pinwheel squares on the
white squares.
diagonal, right sides together. Sew
along one edge, trim off the point
4. Fold back and pin the loose
and turn right side out and press.
corner of each triangle out of
way of the seam allowance.
This process can be chain pieced,
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