Renewed Interest

Earlier this year I participated in a pinwheel block quilt along.  The last few blocks that we were "assigned" didn't come out too well and I scrapped put the whole thing aside.  I really wanted to finish it so that I would have a nice bed quilt for my bed but I wasn't happy with my results.

Then I was seeing a quilt layout out in blog world and I really liked it.  Sharon is working on one and so is Kim.  I originally wanted to do this block layout for my jelly roll sampler (and I still am) but I wanted to play around with a couple of my pinwheel blocks that I really didn't care for.  So if I messed it up, I wouldn't be totally heart-broken.

This is what I did today.  I really should have finished quilting the pinwheel table runner since it is a gift and the party is next Sunday but I didn't feel like it.

What do you think??  I'm really digging it.  I'm not going to use the hand-dyed for the blocks but it's what I had on-hand here at home as a solid to play with.  Now these 2 blocks are uniform in size (15").  My pinwheel blocks were all ranging in size 1/4 inch or so and I was getting discouraged.  Not any more!  And with bigger blocks, I don't have to make as many for my queen size bed!  LOL!  I would LOVE to do larger blocks; add another border around in white but my largest square ruler is 15".

Now when I'm bored or don't feel like working on my to do list, I will continue with my pinwheels and hopefully next year, I will have a finished quilt for my bed!  I have to work on getting my jelly roll sampler finished first.  I want to give that one to Punkie for Christmas.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
Jen