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Pinwheel for Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife

Pinwheels are the blocks of choice for this week in the Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife Quilt Sew-along. You’re going to need to make 9 of these blocks in a combination of sizes (4 of them will need to be framed). Basically, make all the blocks on page 19. Remember that some of these blocks will go on to be used in other block construction later on in the filler blocks. I used the HST construction method I’ve used with all the blocks throughout the event where I cut the squares and then trimmed down. If you’ve got my book, Fussy Cutters Club (click here to buy), there’s a handy little tutorial on page 118 showing how to cut squares for directional prints in triangles (you use the same method for where to draw the trim line for HSTs). You can click this link to find a handy sizing chart for using the trim down method of HST construction. You’ll just need to work backwards from the finished HST size to work out what you need to cut. If you have any problems let me know and I’ll provide assistance.

Notes on Assembly

We’re not due to start on the construction of the quilt top until December 14 2017, but I’ve been working on it behind-the-scences to make sure that we’re able to troubleshoot any issues that may arise for people. I’ve updated the line drawing to reflect where there’s an error in the pattern and included more information about block sizes as well.

Jen Kingwell Gypsy Wife Quilt Sewalong with Angie Wilson of www.GnomeAngel.com, Nicole of Snips Snippets and Chelsea of Pink Door Fabrics. Learn more at www.GnomeAngel.com

For those of you that are using this line diagram to help work out your strips I wanted to remind you that the small print on this diagram is that there’s been some changes to the strips. Please be mindful of this when it comes to assembly.

That’s everything… for now… as always if you have any questions either drop me a line or leave a comment below and I’ll do my best to help you out. I hope you love making this quilt as much as I have, it’s such a fun way to make a unique sampler.