Pinwheel blocks are one of those fun blocks.  You know the kind…. you have to smile when you look at the finished block.  They are just fun!   Although they can also be frustrating when you don’t remember that they can spin two different ways…. you have to pay attention!  Here’s a few quilt patterns that use pinwheel blocks.

30′s Bunnies is a paper foundation pieced pattern by MH Design designed for small scale reproduction fabrics.  The quilt has a smattering of pinwheels and the bunnies come to life with their button eyes and embroidery floss whiskers.   ’tis the season!

Patriotic Pinwheels would make a great picnic table cloth for the 4th of July.  If you aren’t too messy, you could then spread it out so you can lay on it to watch the fireworks.  The smaller version is crib size.  Strip piecing techniques are used so this quilt will go together rather quickly.

Adding pinwheels to any quilt adds motion but the placement of the rail fence type blocks in this patterns seems to really emphasize the motion.  Spinners Pattern has intructions for two different sized table runners and matching placemats.

Picnic Pinwheels also has a great deal of extra motion going on.  I’ve seen this pattern done with a white background and it looks great that way too – the pinwheels seem to float around.

Go ahead and have some fun.  Make some pinwheels!

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