Color Wheel= Sunshine
by natalie
So yes, its been snowing, and its really cold! I don’t know about all of you but about this time of year I start to miss the sunshine 
So, I thought, what could I do to brighten up my day? Well sewing something usually helps and sewing something bright is even better!
I’ve been dying to use a Kona Solids Charm pack so here it is!
I took one charm pack and cut each 5″ square into a 2.5″ rectangle.
Then I took my dresden ruler and cut twenty of them into dresden plate triangles.
lovely scraps!
I assembled the Dresden plate and machine appliqued it onto a black background (15.5″ square). I also machine appliqued the black center circle.
Then I took the remaining rectangles from the charm pack and made a piano key border for the dresden. It measures approx. 25 inches square.
I still need to decide how to quilt it. and what color thread to use! (the really tough choices:) I absolutely love this little mini quilt! It is so bright and cheerful! and so easy peasy… This is a perfect project for a dreary winter afternoon! Enjoy!
All done!
Tags: applique, charm packs, coins quilts, Color Wheel, Dresden Plate, easy projects, Kona Solids, Piano Key Border, tutorial
7 comments to “Color Wheel= Sunshine”
January 11th, 2010 at 6:26 am
I love color-wheel blocks. How many colors in total were in that charm pack? I might just have to get a few and make a color-wheel quilt! If you cut the charms in half that means it would make two plates per pack, right?
January 11th, 2010 at 8:31 am
What a great idea! And it is SO cute!
January 11th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Super cute! It’d look great with some simple embroidery on the black! Well done Nat!
January 12th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Hi Cindi,
Thanks for your question. There are 40 different colors in the charm pack. If you eliminate the piano key border you will get four dresden plates but they will not be identical. You can get two identical plates out of each charm pack. I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other questions!
January 12th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I love this idea! Really cute and I love the colors. Very inspiring and so different from the retro fabrics that are traditionally used.
PS: To whomever wrote the description for the Daily Deal, I LOVED IT (can you tell that I am a high school math teacher?)
January 15th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Oh now that is awesome…. what a great idea…. would be perfect for when I do my painting…..hmmm
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:16 am
Oh I love this and will be making it shortly… I love this site.. Thank you Wendi