August Challenge - Pinwheel Block

August's inspiration block for the Focus Through the Prism Challenge, the pinwheel block, was revealed on August 1st, the same day we left for a four week road trip to visit Tom's sister and her husband in Waynesville, NC.  So I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to take part in this month's challenge or not.  But just in case, I packed up my bin of Cherrywood fabrics along with all our other luggage.  I figured there might be a chance to work on it once we got to Lise's house.

As we traveled across New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma we saw wind farms everywhere.  Windmills standing tall in green fields as far as the eye could see for miles on end.  Which of course made me think of the pinwheel block for the challenge.  So I had my inspiration and a plan in my head.  I saw the windmill blades in yellow and since that color tends to dominate even in small amounts, I decided my focus color this month would be yellow.  Now I just needed to find time to work on it.

Somewhere in the middle of our stay with Dave and Lise, I carved out a couple of hours to put my challenge quilt idea on paper and then a couple of hours the next day to piece the individual windmills.   I had a nice start on things but never managed to find time to work on it again for the rest of our stay.

We started for home on August 22nd with plans for several stops along the way and no exact time table for arriving back home.  Turns out we only spent four nights on the road and got home on the 27th.  After spending the following day doing laundry and unpacking and just generally settling back in, I got right to work.  I finished the quilting and binding today with four hours to spare on the deadline!  Whew!

Wind Farm

As always, the talented quilters taking part in this challenge have been submitting wonderfully creative, beautiful, unique and inspiring work.  Check them out at the Persimon Dreams - Focus Through The Prism (August) web page.