Guest blogger and tutorial!

As promised, today we're featuring our very first guest blogger. I'd like to introduce you to Andrea of Knitty Bitties. I saw Andrea's Meadowsweet pinwheel table runner and thought it would be inspirational for the next round of our quilt-along:



I asked if we could feature her photo and she did one better...she wrote us a tutorial! Check it out below the cut. Also, Andrea is doing a little giveaway on her blog so visit before Thursday night if you're interested.

Now, here's Andrea:

Bonus (mini) Block!

A few of my tutorials will leave you with leftover triangles of fabric. There are ways to make the quilt-along blocks so there are no leftover triangles but I prefer this way for accuracy and because I like to make mini blocks.

Pinwheel Party

I got pretty inspired by Jen's pinwheel (see this post), and decided to freestyle off of Crystal's tutorial a little bit.  The results are exciting!

Another pinwheel!

Block #3 for Modified Tradition Quilt Along
Originally uploaded by jennewby71

Can you believe it, Jen already finished her pinwheel block for the quilt along!

I just had to post this because I think it's a great pinwheel with great contrast. And also because Jen's fabric, to start, was only 4.5" wide. She pieced each square before making her triangles . It took her three hours to make this block but I think (and I hope she thinks) it was well worth it. Those pink stripes totally make this block for me.

I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

Pinwheel Block Tutorial