This is my first 60x60 inch quilt. Until now I have only made crib size quilts (36x45 inches), so this was quite a task for me. I'm not sure if I should call this a windmill or a pinwheel pattern? I design it to be pinwheels within pinwheels. I start with pencil and graph paper. Draw out my idea, redraw it and redraw it...
The past two years my sister’s and I have set restrictions on our Christmas gifts for each other. We set a price maximum and at least a portion of the gift must be hand made by us. This has forced us to think about what the others need or would really love. I think this has made the past two years really memorable. This fall my sister Nikki and I decided to collaborate on our sister Tyrra’s gift. As long as I can remember my sister has been rapped in a blanket at home, even in the summer Tyrra has a blanket on her sitting watching TV. I made the quilt top and Nikki embroidered all the designs on it. It has, as we call it, the trifecta on it; squirrels, gnomes and acorns. And her other favorites; cutie birds, chickens and mushrooms. Nicole did a beautiful job of embroidering them all, but our favorite is the tree on the top. She used a thick chain stitch which created an incredible texture.
We chose fabrics from some of my favorite fabric designers. The uneven stripped border is from Anna Maria Horner's Drawing Room collection. I also used Farmdale Crossing in brown from Alexander Henry. The binding is made from all the scrapes of each of the nine fabrics.
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