My Quilting History

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Pink Pinwheels - Tickled Pink Blog Hop

 


Today wraps up the Tickled Pink Blog Hop hosted by Carla of Creatin in the Sticks.  I'm excited to show off my Positively Playful Pink Pinwheels. 

I was short on crafting hours this time around, but I still wanted to play along and use up some of my Pink scraps piling up.


I picked a small block I knew I could sew up lickety split: Pinwheels, and I pulled out my 2.5 inch pink strips and cut triangles for 4 inch Pinwheels. I ended up with 35 different Pink prints for my Pinwheels.


The Pink border is full of pink hearts and brings my total to 36 different pink prints. 

I cut all the pieces out in one evening. The next evening I sewed the top together. It took two and a half Pirates of the Caribbean movies from sewing the first pinwheel to adding the last border strip.  

Maybe one day I'll use a real timer, but for now I suppose I'll keep time by the movies I play while sewing.



I got up early yesterday morning and quilted it before work. I used a pastel Pink thread and quilted an all over "whatever I felt like quilting" motif. Mostly swirls and partial feathers. 

Since the quilt is small it only took about 45 minutes to quilt.



If you need a fun quick project, especially for a baby gift, try Pinwheels with sashing.
 
The top measures approximately 41 x 53.





Check out the other hoppers today to see more tickled pink creations and be sure go back and check out any others you may have missed.


Happy Sewing!


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25 comments:

  1. Leah that is a gorgeous quilt! I love pinwheels and pink and your quilting is always the BEST! FYI: the link on all the blog hop bloggers postings for your blog leads to a non existent posting on Carla's blog, not yours. I emailed Carla about it and made my link correct on my blog post, but if you don't get many comments, this could be why.

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  2. Your pink pinwheel quilt is positively fabulous! I updated your link in my blog post too.

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  3. Your pinwheel quilt is deliciously fun!!! I HAVE to make one now! The quilting is fabulous as well!

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  4. You are so amazing and fast. I love that you measure in movies, I do the same thing. Your quilt is too precious for words and the fact you made it quickly is such an inspiration. Thank you for the tickle of pink!

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  5. Oh my goodness I am "Tickled Pink" just looking at your quilt. What a fabulous piece of eye candy! Love the pin wheels and the colors, and the design... Well, I guess you can say, I love it all! Perfection!

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  6. I love that you included how long quilting took you; I’ve been seriously considering learning to use a long arm for rent and this helps me estimate cost!

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  7. Gorgeous pink quilt, thanks so much for sharing!

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  8. This is just so pretty...love it! Those pink pinwheels just dance around the quilt and your quilting is beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

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  9. Your quilt is sooo beautiful and the quilting---oh my goodness! It is just awesome! I love this quilt. Thank you for sharing.

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  10. Love this sweet baby quilt and the way you calculate your sewing time! I use audiobooks as my “timer”. 😉

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  11. What a pretty quilt, Leah. I love those pink pinwheels!!

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  12. OMG that is gorgeous so bright and happy! That would take me so long your machine must fly!

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  13. It's an adorable quilt. Congrats on the finish.

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  14. The perfect way to use up those pretty pink scraps.

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  15. Love your Positively Playful Pink Pinwheel quilt!!! (I wouldn't want to try to say that 5 times fast!) It is very pretty! And perfect for the blog hop!

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  16. It's a fabulous pink quilt and I love that you measure time in 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies :)

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  17. Your pink quilt is positively perfect! Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Leah, I'm so glad I didn't miss your post. This little quilt is delicious, and would be perfect in so many different colours. I corrected the link in my blog as well, and hope lots more quilters will get to see your beautiful work.

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  19. It is amazing how such a simple block can look so much more when you use such a wonderful pink pallet. Love that you time your work using movies. That tickles me.

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  20. Sweet quilt! Love the pinks! I appreciate your quilt as you want to method--I like to do that sometimes too. :) Thanks for sharing!

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  21. Your use of pink is wonderul! I love pinwheels, too, so it's perfect in my eyes.

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  22. Love your quilt! Pinwheels are one of my favorites!

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  23. ooooh pink pinwheels, just perfect!!! And your quilting is amazing! xx

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  24. What a delightful quilt! And I love your estimation of time based on movie watching! Makes the sewing go by all that much faster. Fun, fun!

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