Happy New Year!
Here is my first little quilt of the year. Don't you just love the block in a smaller size? I do! Here the quilt will be 8" x 12" finished. This block reminds me of those pinwheels I had as a child and you blew on it or ran to make it go, remember those?
I haven't decided whether or not to put a border on it .

I am happy to share the basic pattern with you for your own personal use. The blocks are 4" finished so each unit 2" finished If you would like to make your own here is the template measurements so you can make your own. I used a template plastic , cardboard would work too, you just need to be able to trace from it. The top is 1.25 and the bottom is 1.75 inches. The height is 2.5" I know it looks weird size wise when you lay it out but trust me it works!!! I cut a 2.5" strip and then traced the template and cut out 4 red and 4 background, REMEMBER to have the fabric right side up or your fabric will not be facing the right direction:) ask me how I know?

Using a charm square would work perfect for this project . You can get 4 out of one charm squares easily.

When you sew a unit together remember to stagger it a bit to have them line up perfectly like here in the picture

4 units makes one block for this size quilt you will make 6 blocks., next I am going to make a 9 block quilt, 3 x 3 I think would be great too!

the little quilt with borders looks great too but still haven't decided. The borders were cut at 2.5"
and here is the progress on my large quilt...I am going to try and make it a charm quilt, do not use the same red fabric twice!

PLEASE if you make this little quilt and show it on your blog link back to my blog showing others where they can find the pattern.
Thanks, have fun and I can't wait to see a few of these little quilts around blogland in all different fabrics and colors!
My goal is to make 12 more little quilts this year, stay tuned for next months quilt, I hope you will join me in making little quilts this year.