How to make a Pinwheel

Well, you CAN make a pinwheel easily from a square of paper, with a few snips and folds and a pin in the middle, voila!

Or you can do it with clay, like this. The Pinwheel pattern is my favourite Quilt Block and I make more of these than any other design. The one above is glazed and waiting to be fired.


And this is the finished product. It's such a clear, simple pattern, but effective.


I'm pleased with the red dotty border because I like the way the soft, irregularity of the outer edges ....


contrasts with the straight inner border made up of a double row of winding leaves,


and also with the rigidity of the central pattern.


Sorry - I've gone all 'arty' on you, but all in all, this one is a definite success in terms of colour, form, pattern, the lot.

I shall make more!

Bye for now

Cathy X