Cartwheels quilt
My Cartwheels quilt is now complete, and I am so happy with how it turned out! It's a sweet little girl quilt for a sweet baby girl.
My gray and yellow love is still going strong, as you can see, plus I threw in some pink for good measure. The background is Kona Ash and the binding is a Lizzy House print.Some of my favorite stash prints can be found in the blocks and on the back.
This is how I almost always piece my quilt backs now–they're pieced, but it's pretty simple and quick piecing. I hardly ever buy fabric specifically for a quilt back anymore. I just use whatever I have in my stash that coordinates. But since I don't usually buy a whole lot of any one print, it does necessitate a bit more piecing than if I was doing a back from all one print. That's good, because it forces me to do something with the back at a time when I'm usually running out of steam on the project and getting lazy. : )
Since I've had a few requests, this pattern is now available for sale. The pattern includes a paper-piecing template for making the Cartwheel blocks, as well as full cutting and assembly instructions to make this quilt in three different sizes: Baby, Lap, and Twin. The Cartwheel block is a lot of fun and deceptively simple to sew—there aren't any seams to match up when you put the block sections together, and that's always the trickiest part of foundation piecing. So I hope you'll give this one a try! Click here to purchase.