Amish Pin Wheel

I have always been interested in the designs and colors of Amish quilts. A couple of years back I decided to adapt this style into a quilt that I was going to put together.

This particular quilt was featured on several catalog covers by “The American Quilters Society.” The first time it was on the cover of their 1988 Fall issue and then when they put together their Collection of Quilts 1860 – 1989, mine was also was one of the quilts that was placed on the front cover of that publication.

The colors were a combination of my own design and imagination. The blocks were pieced using the pinwheel pattern from 8 small triangles. The quilt was a standard bed size, machine pieced and hand quilted.

Although this photo was taken with a quilting hoop as a prop, I hand quilted this quilt in an old fashion quilt frame consisting of four boards, some clamps, and chairs.

Each triangle was quilted a quarter inch from the seam.

This quilt has a sweet little history. Not only did it make the cover of several publications, after about 5 years I received a letter from a lady who spent a night in a Bed and Breakfast in Vermont. She said she slept under this fabulous quilt, and she enjoyed the quilt so much, that she just had to write to me. When I sent the quilt to The American Quilter’s Society it was required to sew a sleeve on the back of the quilt with my name and address on. This was for photography and identification purposes. Apparently the sleeve was not removed by the buyer. What a thrill it was to know the location of my quilt, and also that it had a good home.