Daisy Pinwheel Block

It appears that I'm not the only one

who really loves Pinwheels,

our August theme for 

the Across The Pond Sew Along!

Besides Susie and Amanda,

who have already been making their Pinwheel projects,

there's a whole new fun series going on

over at Summercrafter,

called Friday Night Block Party!

{Elaine's first featured block is actually the Pinwheel.}

Well, it's not Friday night any more,

but I'm going to join the party, fashionably late.

One of the Pinwheels I highlighted in my pinwheel theme

post was called Daisy Pinwheel,

and there's a free pattern for it over at Charise Creates.

I decided to make this block and try my hand

at a bit of curved piecing.

I'm happy to report that it was actually

very easy to make this pretty pinwheel!

Keeping the vintage vibe,
I chose some of my 30's repro scraps
in reds, whites and blues.

I just followed Charise's directions to create the pinwheel.

{I think the pattern was missing one of the notches, but I just folded my pattern in half and marked the notch there.}

I chose to use freezer paper for my templates.

I traced the pattern onto the paper side of the freezer paper,

then cut them out on the drawn lines.

Seam allowances were already included.

I have to admit that I chose to iron my freezer paper

templates onto the WRONG side of the fabrics.

This worked fine, but if you want your pinwheel

to spin in the same direction as Charise's,

just iron all of the templates to the RIGHT sides of the fabric.

I almost called it "finished"

when I saw that the center points all

came together fairly nicely.

Then I decided to make one little yoyo for the center,
using another cute repro print...

and stitch it into place, along with a button.

That's better...now it's done!

Have fun making your own pinwheels,

and link up at Summercrafter
and the Across The Pond Sew Along on Flickr!

{I know I'm not finished yet making Pinwheels!}