Make pinwheel quilt

1. Cut four 15.2cm (6”) squares from one fabric and five from another. Sew them together in a three by three block with a 5mm seam allowance, alternating the patterns. Next, cut a 7.6cm (3”) strip from a third fabric. Use this to outline the block, sewing lengths to the top and bottom then each side. The finished panel should measure around 57cm (22 1/2 ”). Press all seams to one side.

2. Lay the panel face up on a flat surface and place the centre of a 4 1/2 ”pinwheel template on the inner corner of the border where it joins the first square in the panel. Rotate the template so that the lines marked ‘B’ lay along the seams. Draw and hand cut, or use a rotary cutter to trim around the template producing a smaller square.

3. Place the square to one side and move the template along to the next intersection of seams and repeat. Continue cutting the panel down in this way, placing the smaller squares to one side in the same order they appeared in the original panel.

4. Straighten up the cut squares to reveal the pinwheel pattern that has been achieved. Pin and stitch the squares together to make a new panel measuring around 41cm (16”) square. Make eight more panels in the same way as this, four using the same fabrics as the first and the remaining four using the other designs.

5. Press all the panels and lay out in a three by three block, alternating the designs. Sew together and press before layering, right side facing up, over plain backing cotton and lightweight quilt wadding. Pin at regular intervals.