Marcus Fabrics - Make it with Marcus, Imagine Pinwheel Quilt by Laura Farson

Imagine Pinwheel Quilt & Pillow
by Laura Farson
Finished Size 55” square
Block size 11” square
Twenty squares

Fabric Requirements and Cutting Plan
Cut 3-1/2” wide selvedge to selvedge strips in the quantities shown.
R22 IMAGINE by Dana Simson
Column A:
4 strips	T957-114D	Light Blue Texture	1/2 yard
3 strips	T957-114D	Green Texture	1/3 yard
3 strips	T957-126D	Pink Texture	1/3 yard
3 strips	T957-150D	Royal Texture	1/3 yard
4 strips	T957-128D	Orange Texture	1/2 yard
3 strips	T957-111D	Dark Red Texture	1/3 yard
40 strips	T957-113D	Yellow Texture	4 yards

Column B: 1/8 yard each, unless noted:
1 strip	T955-150D	Blue ladybug
2 strips	T958-136D	Pink pansy ¼ yard
1 strip	T953-136D	Navy stripe
1 strip	T953-150D	Blue stripe
1 strip	T955-136D	Purple lady bug
1 strip	T954-150D	Blue dragon fly
1 strip	T954-128D	White dragon fly
1 strip	T958-114D	Green pansy
1 strip	T959-128D	Pink clover
1 strip	T959-114D	Green clover
1 strip	T959-136D	Purple clover
1 strip	T956-150D	Blue daisy
2 strips	T954-114D	Green dragon fly ¼ yard
1 strip	T958-150D	Blue pansy
1 strip	T953-111D	Red stripe
1 strip	T954-133D	Yellow dragon fly
1 strip	T955-133D	Yellow lady bug
1 strip	T956-136D	Purple daisy

Four 6-1/2” wide strips for the center border and six 2” strips for the binding

T959-136D

Purple Vine

1-1/8 yards

Backing: 4 yards of your favorite IMAGINE print, or remnants to create a pieced backing.

Batting 60” square

Quilt Construction:

With right sides together, sew a yellow textured strip to each of the print and textured 3-1/2” wide strips with a ¼” seam allowance. You will have 40 strips, each with one side of the yellow textured fabric; half with texture and half with prints.

Press the seam allowances toward the print or textured fabric (i.e. away from the yellow).

With right sides together, pair the textured strips in Column A with the print strips from Column B. Orient the strips so that the yellow textured fabric is above the print fabric on the bottom layer and below the texture on the top layer. (Seam allowances will oppose.) See Illustration 3.

Trim the selvedges from the two layered pairs. Cut four 6-1/2” squares from the layered fabric strips.

Reserve the remaining strip fabric for another project.

With a fabric marker or pencil draw a diagonal line from the upper left corner to the lower right corner of the squares as shown in Illustration 5. Be sure to keep the color orientation as shown in the illustration.

Stitch ¼” on both sides of the line. Hint: Chain piece the four like squares through the sewing machine.

With a rotary ruler, cutter, and mat, cut on the line.

Repeat for the remaining three like squares. Note: It is very important that you keep the “halves” in separate groups.

Each half of the square makes a distinct pattern as shown in Illustration 8.

Press the squares open and trim the “ears”. Continue to keep the like groups separate.

Assemble the four like squares into a pinwheel block. For this quilt, use the blocks with the texture in the center pinwheels. Sew the pieces in pairs and join the pairs with opposing seams.

Assemble the quilt by joining the four center squares. Refer to the photo for the layout.

Sew the purple inner border to the center squares, by stitching two 6-1/2 x 22-1/2” purple strips on opposite sides of the four joined center blocks.
Press the seams toward the purple fabric.
Stitch 6-1/2” x 34.5” strips to the remaining two sides of the center square.
Join the top and bottom five blocks into rows.
Join two sets of three blocks for the two short side rows.
Join these three-block rows to the purple fabric of the center block.
Stitch the top and bottom rows to the center joined blocks.