Pinwheel quilt with sashing hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 5 colors · 1 kind of stitch

Pinwheel quilt with sashing: preview of the stitched design

Four pinwheels are set two by two in a small quilt, with a seam of bare cloth between the patches. Each pinwheel has four blades that meet at its middle on a light teal ground: the blades that point up and down are orange and the blades that point to the sides are dark teal. Pinwheels side by side turn opposite ways. Blue sashing runs round and between the pinwheels, with a gold square at every crossing. The blades, the ground, the sashing and the squares are all satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a third of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop.

5 colors of floss and 1 kind of stitch:

Satin stitch
Which stitch goes where

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.3 × 1.3 in	3.3 × 3.3 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2 × 2 in	5.1 × 5.1 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	2.7 × 2.7 in	6.9 × 6.9 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	3.4 × 3.4 in	8.6 × 8.6 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	4.7 × 4.7 in	11.9 × 11.9 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 922 Light CopperBlades that point up and down
DMC 3809 Very Dark TurquoiseBlades that point to the sides
DMC 3811 Very Light TurquoiseGround of the pinwheels
DMC 322 Dark Baby BlueSashing
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawSquares at the crossings

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Satin stitch 2 strandsBlades that point up and down, blades that point to the sides, ground of the pinwheels, sashing, squares at the crossings

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.