Make This: Folded Pinwheel Tutorial
We found the perfect thing to liven up your summer projects. This folded pinwheel embellishment will work on anything that is pieced with a four-patch intersection. For each pinwheel, you will need four 4″ squares.
Fold each square in half diagonally and press with an iron.
Once all four pieces are pressed, fold again as pictured below, without pressing:
Make sure that each piece is folded the same direction to make the super cool pinwheel design. Now you can add it to your background fabric pieces. Note: The background pieces need to be at least 4.5″ to keep the points out of the seam.
Glue, pin, or stitch each raw edge in place. Assemble four-patch as normal. Press the background and through the middle seams, but try not to press the pinwheel fold. This will make it pop up and look three dimensional.
Voila! Wouldn’t this be the cutest thing to add to your next picnic quilt? We used it for our fun Pinwheel Picnic Quilt Pattern using MaryJane’s Glamping fabric coming later this month.
Audrey & Diane
Do you have a tutorial for the 3-d card trick pattern?
No, we don’t have a tutorial for that particular pattern.
I really like the tutorial of the folded pinwheel, but I have a problem with the 4 1/2 inch square…I want the lines to line up with each other…because this would drive me crazy I would have to use a flower, or some other patterned material…anyways thank you for a really great tutorial!!!
Very cute idea
What do you do about all the bulk in the middle of the block?
It is a little bit tricky, since you want the pinwheel to stick out on the front. If you press all your seams in one direction, either clockwise or counter-clockwise, it will help spread the bulk out.
I like this pattern and would like permission to include this link for a block of the month.
You are welcome to include our link for your block of the month!
If I want to make a different size block – would I make the pinwheel squares 1/2″ smaller than the background squares?
That should work!