I love pinwheels and I didn’t pass up on the opportunity to make some for the May miniature meeting. I wasn’t even discouraged when I noticed on the pattern that the blocks were only 1.75″ when they were finished.

The pattern, ruler and fabric in the pinwheels all came from my Guild’s Secret Pal. Although the ruler isn’t called a Lil’ Twister the technique used for the pinwheels is the same. Now that I’ve tried a small version I’m not tempted to make any of the larger Lil’ Twister patterns.

I pieced the initial blocks together at the Spring Retreat but I was afraid to cut into them with a crowd around. Once I was home it didn’t take long to get the pieces cut out (I was thankful for my turntable cutting board) and stitched back together.

With the exception of the stabilizing stitches around the edges there isn’t any quilting on the piece. I broke four needles (and quilted about three blocks) before deciding that an 11″ x 12.75″ mini really didn’t require any quilting.