Mega Pinwheel Star Free Quilt Pattern
Each month I challenge myself to use the fabrics in my Quilty Box to make a new quilt and write the pattern to share with you – all just in a few days! Click Here to learn about Quilty Box so you can join in the fun too.
This month I had an additional challenge: A quilter named Cathy wrote in asking if we could make the Twin Rainbow Star quilt pattern a bit bigger using fat quarters. I decided to see if it would work and that’s how I created this Mega Pinwheel Star Quilt:
Click Here to find the Mega Pinwheel Star free quilt pattern.
I love making a quilt out of one single block! It’s so fast because you just have to cut one set of shapes. The impact of single block quilts is also very dramatic because you just have the single shape and focal point to the quilt.
Do take your time piecing the massive half square triangles! The key to piecing these big shapes is to pin and stitch carefully so the fabrics don’t shift.
What do you think of single block quilts? Do you like making mega half square triangles? What’s the biggest block you’ve ever made? Share your experience in the comments below!
Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
I have made a queen size quilt (my first big quilt-given to charity) where the blocks were made with four 10" squares with a piece in the middles (the ten minute block by Suzanne McNeill). So the blocks were approximately 20". The ten minute block is possible IF you use fabrics like batiks that have to wrong side, and use fabrics that are directional. (Lesson learned!) My last block was probably the only one that only took ten minutes. LOL!
Thanks!!!