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Feedsack Pinwheel Quilt

Posted on May 14, 2009May 14, 2009 by Martha

This is an Alice Brooks mail order pattern from the 1940’s, and this poor quilt has so many problems, I hardly know where to begin. First of all, I had a terrible time with the piecing — I couldn’t manage to match up all eight seams in the block corners. Out of desperation, I decided to applique additional blue circles in those spaces so I could cover up my mistakes and also remove the bulky unmatched seams behind them. Of course that messed up the quilting pattern I was planning to use, so I tried a couple of things that looked really bad…ripped those out…and finally just settled on this random, non-symmetrical pattern that I think looks not that great. On top of everything else, this is the other quilt where I mixed up my background pieces, so it contains two different fabrics — one bright white and one with a yellowish tint.

I can think of two things I do like about it — it’s a good pattern to show off my feedsack prints, and the scalloped border is a nice addition.

Feedsack Pinwheel Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2006
machine pieced, hand quilted
82″ x 90″

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10 thoughts on “Feedsack Pinwheel Quilt”

  1. jan says:
    May 14, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    Well, despite your frustration, I think it is very attractive. I just love looking at feedsack fabric. Even though I don’t see any exact matches to feedsacks that I have or have had, there are so many that are ‘familiar’. I love the blue circles!

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  2. kathie says:
    May 14, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    well I absolutely LOVE this quilt and this pattern. I would love to make this quilt. The different backgrounds are hard to see to me, I would have never known, probably gives the quilt an aged look already.
    Wow you have a wonderful collection of feedsack fabrics.
    I have to agree with Jan the blue circles add a lot to the quilt and I am not a blue person but I would consider adding blue now too, looks wonderful with these fabrics.
    what color blue/fabric co is that from?
    thanks
    Kathie

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  3. Lisa says:
    May 15, 2009 at 5:40 am

    I think you are being way to critical of yourself! This quilt is beautiful! Lovely fabrics, love the blue dots, and that edge looks great.

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  4. gina says:
    May 15, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    I LOVE this so much! the patterns, the pinwheel shape, the dots…its so happy, fun & whimsical 🙂

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  5. Teresa says:
    October 17, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    This looks like an incredibly difficult pattern, and you did a beautiful job! I would never have guessed you were hiding anything with those blue circle appliques, and your stitches are awesome! I also like the scalloped border, which complements the curves of the pinwheels. Great job!

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  6. Kristy says:
    May 24, 2014 at 7:43 am

    I love your quilt ! Makes me happy just to look at it !
    All the colors you and shapes are great !

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  7. Pauline says:
    June 1, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    Gorgeous Pinwheel quilt.

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  8. Meredith Duhamel says:
    July 27, 2015 at 7:09 am

    I think it’s a really gorgeous quilt and generally favor modern quilts. This quilt must have taken a lot of patience and hard work! You should be very proud of yourself!

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  9. Karen says:
    September 24, 2015 at 7:49 pm

    What a fantastic quilt!! I love the pattern can you tell me where you got it?

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  10. Tammie k says:
    April 8, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    I want to buy this pattern. How do I go about that.

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