Guest Blocker.....Jennie with a Pinwheel Toss ( Clover & Violet)

First, I'd like to thank Madame Samm for inviting me to share a tutorial for the November Block Party.  I'm Jennie and I blog over at Clover & Violet about all sorts of quilty and sewing things and the little pattern shop I have with my mom.  I'm excited to share a quilt block with all of you, I'm calling this one Pinwheel Toss because it's a combination of pinwheels {one of my favorites!} and a Disappearing Nine Patch.

This is a fun and easy block that measures 13" {finished} and has lots of options to mix and match prints and solids.  I made mine out of leftover charm squares, but the size could easily be adjusted by using different size squares.  You'll need:

I made my pinwheels first.  Pair one printed square with one white square, right sides together, and sew 1/4" from the edge all the way around the square {1}, cut the square diagonally into four half-square-triangles {2}, press the half-square-triangles open and trim to 3" square {3}, sew all four together to make a pinwheel and trim to 5" square {4}.  Repeat for a second pinwheel.

Arrange the two 5" pinwheels and the seven remaining printed squares into a nine patch with the pinwheels in opposite corners.

Sew the nine squares together {I sewed three rows of three, then sewed the rows together}.

Then, cut your large nine patch down the center both vertically and horizontally, into four equal squares.

Leave the pinwheel squares in place, but swap and rotate the remaining squares so that the small center square is pointing to the outside corner,

Then simply sew the four squares back together and your block is complete!

And, just in case you wanted to see a plain version, here is the outline for the block:

And a diagram of a 3 x 3 quilt:

Happy sewing and quilting!