{"id":1361,"date":"2011-01-31T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2011-01-31T10:21:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T10:21:04","slug":"pinwheel-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/?p=1361","title":{"rendered":"Pinwheel Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday I managed to finish piecing my Nature’s Notebook<\/em> pinwheels. Not enough for a twin sized quilt – but I’m going to go a bit wild on the borders and as this quilt is heading for a bunkbed I think it should end up big enough.<\/p>\n

What have I learned?
\n1. Pinwheels need strongly contrasting values if they are going to stand out. This fabric, if I’m honest, is ALL WRONG…Way too many mid-values, but I love the colours and I’ve unpicked and played around with more yellows and strong blues from my stash, so that it sort of works.<\/p>\n

2. Don’t try to make a regular sized quilt from a jelly roll – although I have a fair bit left over, which I’m going to use for a pieced border, there just isn’t enough fabric. (I guess I should really have realized this if I’d thought logically before I started. But you know me, old jump right in at the deep end Annie!)<\/p>\n

3. There are few things in life nicer than a grey and miserable Sunday afternoon sewing. Especially when accompanied by a really good audible book (in this case Fall of Giants<\/em> by Ken Follett)<\/p>\n

4. Most important of all. I like it and it doesn’t matter two hoots if it isn’t perfect. I live and learn every day and I’ve fiddled around with the pinwheels until they are acceptible for my (sometimes not very high) standards!<\/p>\n

So onwards and upwards.<\/p>\n

Today I really have to catch up on housework and laundry and do some translations. Maybe late this evening I’ll manage a little sewing time. We’ll see, but if I don’t, tomorrow is another day!<\/p>\n

Helen<\/p>\n

PS Does anyone out there know what has happened to the My Sewing Serenity<\/em> blog?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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