My Attempt at a Quilt

Recently I've had a fascination for quilts, and have wanted to make one for a time now. (Especially one for my hope chest for some day!) For Christmas, I got some quilting supplies. I haven't had the time since then to begin making a quilt until recently! (as in a few days ago! :-P  )  I've decided to take some pics of the process for you all on my first quilt.

I'm not going on a specific pattern exactly. Just a block style that I like. It's called the Pinwheel. (here is a link to a quilt block pattern. It's similar to what I'm doing. Only difference is I'm not doing the small triangles. Pinwheel Quilt Block ) I'm using some fabric I got in a quilting kit I bought at an antique store.

The fabric I'm using, and some of the quilting supplies I will be using. The yellow & light blue will be the pinwheel, the floral will be the sashing around the blocks (kinda like a boarder)  & then the dark blue will be the boarder around the whole quilt. (If there is enough)

Cutting the squares w/ the rotary cutter. (It's great!) The grid I'm using, the inside square is 4 1/2". W/ the seams, the quilt blocks will be a little smaller than 8 1/2". (that would be about the finished block size) The light blue fabric is under the yellow fabric.  If you decide to start up quilting, I highly recommend getting a rotary cutter! It's faster, and easier to cut pieces. My blade size is a 45mm or 60mm I think.

The blocks are cut out, and now I'm cutting it diagonally for the pinwheels. I hope to get the pinwheels sewn together maybe today or later this week.

I'll post pics of the progress!