Hi there! I discovered sewing and quilting in 2010 and have been addicted ever since. You can find me stitching it up in the Kansas City area.
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Whether you call it a Whirligig, Whirlygig or Wonky Windmill – I think they’re pretty cool!
I came up with my own method because I didn’t like the idea of using templates for a straight line when I had a ruler and cutting board right in front of me.
I’ve had a few people ask how I did it so I decided to make this tutorial, so here you go!
-updated 5/10/13
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I haven’t worked on much this week because I wasn’t feeling very good. I thought I’d upload some pics of things I’ve made in the past and the Make Life quilt I started for Tori.
Here are some colorful cotton coasters that I LOVE. I used this pattern but with a G hook and for the last round I switched out the color. They work up pretty quickly and I love that they’re square rather than round.
Here are some embroidery/cross stitch things I completed a few months back. Not sure what I’ll do with them but I may turn the sugar skull into some kind of pillow.
Lastly… a couple of market bags I crocheted last winter. We really just use them for library books and the girls use them for different things.
I wonder how other people decide what their next quilt design will be. How do they know if they have enough fabric? Or if it will be big enough?
I’ve just been using Adobe Illustrator to layout a grid and play with it on the computer. Much easier for me to visually see what I’ll be working on and I can easily write notes on the side.
The next project(s) will be quilts for Tori and Liz using the Make Life fabric by Sweetwater for Moda. I have 3 charm packs and it happened to work out that my first design needs 63 charms. Exactly half! I’d like to make their quilts different but they are so close in age (10 & 11) that it may be easier to make them similar. I definitely want the same fabric for both – the Make Life is just cool for their age. I can always use different fabrics for binding and backing.
Now I’m just trying to decide if I want to sash with white or a color. I just don’t know if I have the guts to stray from white! The blocks will definitely be a charm cut in half and pair with white. I think this is called an hourglass pattern?
I don’t know if I’ll take a break tonight or start working on one of these. I think we have Daybreakers coming in Netflix and I could cuddle up with my Whimsy quilt!
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