Four Odd Pinwheels

A long time ago - so long I don't even remember when - I created a cat quilt for my sister, Shaina.  There were ends that were cut off of the ears of the cats.  I sewed the ends together and created pinwheels.  When all was said and done, all but four pinwheels blew the same directions.  I used most of the pinwheels in the body of the quilt and then put the four odd pinwheels in the corners.

I used this quilt as my first try at thread painting.  I was going to give a thread painting demo at longarm group at Trackside Quilting in 2011.  Before I did any research, I attempted thread painting on this little quilt.  It didn't work.  I kept breaking thread because I kept going over thread that was already on the quilt.  To thread paint, you actually need a plan.  You can't just keep going around and around the same spot.  It is better to sew close together the first time around and only make one round.  In this example, I tried to make fireworks.

The label on the back of this quilt states that I worked on it in 2011.  I just finished hand sewing the binding on this summer.  I am planning to donate it to the Community Quilts committee of the Quilt By Association quilt guild.  I will get three entries into a drawing for a gift certificate to my favorite quilt shop if I turn this quilt in at the September or October meeting.