Summer Pinwheel Quilt

Here, I’m excited to share with you a quilt that I started over 4 summers ago, it’s this super simple summer pinwheel quilt.

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I started the quilt without much of a plan, just that I’d make a bunch of half square triangles. I bought 3-4 prints of fabric and a 10″ stacker.

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I ended up making 82 half square triangles each sized 9 ½″ x 9 ½″. I trimmed them up and put them in the “pile”. They sat there for 4 summers.

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I figured out WHY I finally got it done, I stopped caring about how it looked. It sat there for years because I was obsessing over the layout of the blocks.

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If you’d like to make something similar I’d recommend using Riley Blake’s Gingham Girls line. It’s got the same vintage feel with fun red white and blue prints.

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The quilt is 82 HST’s (Half Square Triangles). You need 41 white 10″ x 10″ squares and 41 10″ x 10″ squares of various prints.

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Just layer one white fabric with one print fabric and create two HSTs. Trim each HST to 9 ½″ x 9 ½″.

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Summer Pinwheel Quilt

Here, I’m excited to share with you a quilt that I started over 4 summers ago, it’s this super simple summer pinwheel quilt.

I started the quilt without much of a plan, just that I’d make a bunch of half square triangles. I bought 3-4 prints of fabric and a 10″ stacker.

My Summer Quilt Project:

I ended up making 82 half square triangles each sized 9 ½″ x 9 ½″. I trimmed them up and put them in the “pile”. They sat there for 4 summers.

I figured out WHY I finally got it done, I stopped caring about how it looked. It sat there for years because I was obsessing over the layout of the blocks.

Why I let go of the idea of a “perfect quilt”

If you’d like to make something similar I’d recommend using Riley Blake’s Gingham Girls line. It’s got the same vintage feel with fun red white and blue prints.

How to Make a Similar Quilt:

The quilt is 82 HST’s (Half Square Triangles). You need 41 white 10″ x 10″ squares and 41 10″ x 10″ squares of various prints.

Quilt Details

Just layer one white fabric with one print fabric and create two HSTs. Trim each HST to 9 ½″ x 9 ½″.

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