Dutchman’s Wheel Quilt Block

It’s been ages since I wrote a post, welcome back!  I made a Dutchman’s Wheel quilt block and turned it into a hot-pad.

I’ve been preparing for my next Scrap Happy Zoom class (October 31st) and making flying geese units.  There are many ways to make these, so I’ve been trying them all, making samples, taking photos, checking math formulas and generally just having fun in my sewing room.  All my samples finish at 6″ x 3″.

I ended up with a pile of flying geese, started laying them out on the table and liked this layout. (It’s not really that wonky, it’s just clinging to the carpet)

Dutchman’s Wheel is a GREAT name for a quilt block!  I made the block first, then researched it’s name.  It also goes by “Wheel”, “Dutchman’s Puzzle” and “Wild Goose Chase”.

I’ll stick with Dutchman’s Wheel, I like it.  After all, I WAS born in Holland.

I used 8 of my flying geese units, sewed them together, first in pairs, then halves, before carefully sewing the long seam, being careful to match the pinwheel point in the center.  Using a 3mm stitch on my sewing machine, I stitched in the ditch to quilt it which held the insulbrite in place.

(Where the black lines are)

I had a scrap of a polycotton in the perfect colour that I was never going to use in a quilt so placed it on top and after pinning it in a few places, sewed all the way around leaving a 3 inch opening for turning.  Trimmed, clipped the corners, turned, pressed, then top-stitched 1\8 inch away from the edge all the way around.  That closed the turning hole.

The rest of the quilting was simply done in curves inside each triangle.  Believe it or not the thread is variegated in shades of warm browns and beiges. They blend in pretty well with the fabric colours. It’s a useful project, uses up SOME of my many samples, and used a TINY bit of my scraps.

My Scrap Happy Dutchman’s Wheel Quilt Block Class

The Zoom class is Sunday October 31st at 10 a.m. Trenton (Toronto) time.  The cost is $5 (Canadian) and included the live class as well as a complete set of instructions on many different ways to make flying geese units.  You’re welcome to join me, I’d love to see you there.  You can etransfer or Paypal me the funds sometime before Saturday October 30.  

Here’s a link to my post about our FIRST Scrap Happy Zoom class and they been monthly since then.