Step Five: Add the Borders Step Six

Step Four: Assemble the Quilt
R1
A) Sew a sashing strip to the right side of the first five pinwheel blocks in each row. Press seams toward sashing. Sew
the blocks together in rows.
R2
B) Next, on your design surface, arrange the horizontal
sashing strips and cornerstones under Block Rows 1-7.
Important: the cornerstone fabric must match the fabrics
that form the pinwheel in the four adjoining blocks to maintain the pinwheel illusion. See Diagram 3.
Sew the horizontal sashing/cornerstone strips. Press the
seams towards the sashing.
R3
R4
C) Sew the sashing rows to the block row above, matching
the cornerstones to the vertical sashing. Sew the rows
together.
R5
Step Five: Add the Borders
R6
Pinwheel Sunrise’s borders are made up of three fabric
strips. For the top, bottom and side borders, match the
center points of each strip, then sew the three fabrics
together as shown in Diagram 4. (The ends will not be
even.) For your top and bottom borders, press seams
toward middle strip; for side borders, press seams away
from middle strip.
R7
R8
Diagram 3: Assembling the Quilt
Lay your top border horizontally across the center of your
quilt, matching quilt center to border center. Using a
right-angle triangle, mark the miter on both ends of your
border as shown. (The wide border will always be the
longest!) Repeat for the bottom border.
Repeat the process for your side borders, placing the borders vertically along the quilt.
Pin a border to the quilt, matching the center and ends,
and easing fullness as necessary. Sew the border to the
quilt, stopping and starting 1/4" from the edges.
Repeat for remaining borders.
Sew the miters at each corner, beginning at the inside seam
and sewing to the outer edge of the border.
Step Six: Finish the Quilt
Layer the quilt as follows: backing (wrong side up), batting, quilt top (right side up). Baste layers together. Quilt
as desired.
When quilting is completed, trim backing and batting
even with edges of quilt top. Make binding strips using
reserved Fabric 27 and bind using your favorite binding
method.
Diagram 4: Attaching the Borders
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