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The end of the year is the best time to start on a scrappy quilt! Empty out this year’s fabric stash with a colorful Dutch pinwheel quilt pattern made in every color of the rainbow. A new pattern from Megan Farrell, this throw quilt pattern finishes at 52 inches by 59 inches (including the 5-inch border), making an ideal size to snuggle under. This eye-catching design is a lovely way to give your home a burst of warm and friendly color on dark winter days.
Designer Notes:
- Finished block is 7″ and layout is 6 x 7. Borders are very personal, especially when making a scrappy quilt. If you are not adding borders, the finished size is 42″ x 49″. If adding a 5″ border like pictured, the finished size is 52″ x 59″.
- If making 42 scrappy blocks, with 5″ borders, the backing required is 3 1/2 yards. Binding needed is 1/2 yard.
Fabric Requirements and Cutting Instructions:
Piecing Instructions:
Directions to make one block:
- For Step 1, you need one set of four (scrappy) 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangles and one set of eight background 2 1/2” squares.
- Snowball the upper right-hand corner of the 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangle with a 2 1/2” background square. Complete four times.
- Snowball the upper left hand corner of the 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangle with a 2 1/2” background square.
- Snowball the upper right-hand corner of the 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangle with a 2 1/2” background square. Complete four times.
- For Step 2, you need four units from Step 1 and a quantity of four background 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangles. Attach one rectangle to the top (background) side of your 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” flying geese unit from Step 1.
- For Step 3, you need a quantity of two block sashing 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangles and one 1 1/2” corner stone.
- Sew one 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” sashing rectangle to the left side of the 1 1/2” square.
- Sew the second 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” rectangle to the right side of the 1 1/2” square.
- Sew one 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” sashing rectangle to the left side of the 1 1/2” square.
- For Step 4, you need the remainder quantity for two block sashing 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” and four units from Step 2.
- Sew 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” sashing to the right side of the unit from Step 2. (Complete two sets).
- Sew the bottom of the unit from Step 2 to the unit from Step 4-1. (Complete two sets).
- Sew 1 1/2” x 3 1/2” sashing to the right side of the unit from Step 2. (Complete two sets).
- Sew unit from Step 3 in between two units from Step 4. (See picture).
Place the blocks right next to each other, and they will layout 6 x 7.
