This week has been a weird week.  I have not got as much done as I would have liked, as our family is preparing to run away to Australia for a couple of weeks.  In between the packing and the last-minute shopping I did managed to get this quilt finished.

This quilt is made up of 16  of these 12 inch blocks.

I used a really easy pinwheel paper piecing pattern and lots and lots of scraps of fabric.   There are a number of simpler versions of this block on the web but I love the extra punch of the added pinwheel.  The pattern and dimensions I used are:

Eight of these pieces make up one of the finished blocks.  If I was to do the quilt again I would probably stick with more strongly contrasting fabrics – the blocks that have the dark purple against the aqua are so much more punchy I think .   The contrast makes the pinwheel pattern really pop.

I am still doing just straight quilting…. maybe when I return from vacation I will be sufficiently relaxed to forget the stippling nightmare.  I have to be braver with my quilting.   The backing is  a selection of different fabrics I had in my stash.  Nothing too exciting but I like how it looks, particularly the Erin McMorris “Somersault” fabric.

I finished it all up with a scrappy purple binding.  I do love scrappy binding – bits of solids, bits of prints, different shades, different patterns.  The scrappy does not work with all quilts but it seemed to be just right for this one.

Now it is back to packing and cleaning…..