Pinwheel Quilt

Out comes the Pinwheel Quilt! I first blogged about this quilt on March 8, 2010. I was going to work on the flying geese quilt but found the Pinwheel quilt first in my craft closet. Sadly, this w.i.p. has been in the u.f.o. pile since March. I am excited to give it another go and see if I can finish it this time around. Now for some pictures!

A pile of triangles waiting to be turned into pinwheels.

Here is a better perspective, seems like a mini mountain of fabric! I totally have my moments when I am making a quilt where I feel a little overwhelmed by all the piecing that I still need to get through!

A few finished pinwheels. Well, not finished all the way. I think I am going to add corners to them so they are squared up and there is some space between each pinwheel (that is a different blog post for a different day though!).

Being completely revealing here is the back of one of the pinwheels! Aaaghhhh! Don't judge too harshly! I was just about to write a few excuses for why it's so wonky but I won't! This is what the back looks like, so now you know I really am showing you my process!

Stack of Pinwheel blocks waiting to be ironed.

U.F.O. pile.

So as my readers and followers of the blog, you know I have been working on the flowering vines quilt for awhile now.

I finished squaring it up since it was all wonky. The thing is, I have been thinking over the last few days about moving it to the U.F.O. ( un-finished object) pile. Since I like to work on one quilt at a time and tend to only be able to stand a certain level of frustration when it comes to sewing, it looks like the flowering vines quilt will be moved to the UFO pile sometime today. Part of the frustration with this quilt is aimed at my sewing machine. I have a pretty cheap Singer that has only the extreme basic functions. I would like a better machine but am holding out until I can afford a good machine. Since I don't have enough saved yet, this quilt will have to wait.

I know that pile can be a sad and lonely place for a quilt to be,  but if I put the f.v. quilt there I can work on the flying geese quilt again.

I think my quilting skills have improved since the f.g. quilt went in the pile many months ago so it should be easier for me to tackle.